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Winning Your Market: A Framework for Independent School Strategy

Winning Your Market: A Framework for Independent School StrategyPeter Baron

David Hanson joins the podcast to share an optimistic framework for strengthening school business models and building purposeful, integrated strategic plans.

The Edgework Principle: What Every Head of School Needs to Know About Leading at the Limit

The Edgework Principle: What Every Head of School Needs to Know About Leading at the Limitby: Peter BaronPublished on: 05/11/2026

Kirk Wheeler on edge work, board trust, and why making the headship look easy may be the most costly mistake independent school leaders make.

The Edgework Principle: What Every Head of School Needs to Know About Leading at the Limit

Is The Hiring Process Turning Away Your Best Candidates?

Is The Hiring Process Turning Away Your Best Candidates?by: Peter BaronPublished on: 05/05/2026

Independent schools are losing great teachers before the first conversation. Here's how to fix the hiring process from the inside out.

Is The Hiring Process Turning Away Your Best Candidates?

A New Blueprint: The Boarding School Built for the Student-Athlete

A New Blueprint: The Boarding School Built for the Student-Athleteby: Peter BaronPublished on: 04/28/2026

Andy Williams discusses how Masters Academy International uses "elegant subtraction" and performance-based design to support student-athletes and academic mastery.

A New Blueprint: The Boarding School Built for the Student-Athlete

The Ninth Grade Signal: What Enrollment Data Is Telling You to Do Next

The Ninth Grade Signal: What Enrollment Data Is Telling You to Do Nextby: Peter BaronPublished on: 04/20/2026

Tom Sheppard discusses the decline of 9th-grade applicants, the shift in millennial parent values, and how to build an enrollment-first culture.

The Ninth Grade Signal: What Enrollment Data Is Telling You to Do Next