THE SCHOOLY BLOG
Insights for school leaders who want better.
Practical guides, research, and stories from the schools redefining what good administration looks like.
Your School Doesn’t Have a Data Problem. It Has a Silo Problem.
This is what a silo problem looks like. A new student joins the school. His teacher creates an Excel spreadsheet...
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The Future of Edtech: Why School Software Is Consolidating, Not Multiplying
Education technology has spent the last decade in an expansion phase. Every administrative headache got its own app: one for...
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The School Software Alphabet Soup: MIS vs SIS vs LMS Explained
A head of school starts researching new software with a simple goal: find something to run the school on. Within...
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Why Some Teachers Quit Right Before School Starts
It’s more common than you think. There are teachers who resign in the last week of August aren’t burning out...
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What Is a School MIS and Why Does It Matter?
Every school already has a management information system. The question is whether it’s a purpose-built one or an improvised version...
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Shadow IT Is the Real Threat, Not the New System
Ask most IT teams what worries them about a new system, and they’ll list the obvious things: access control, data...
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Do You Know What Your Child Is Doing at School Right Now?
Every school has a parent who calls the front desk at 9:15am because their child seemed “a bit off” at...
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Attendance Figures Don’t Lie. But They Do Hide.
Every school tracks attendance. Very few schools use it. There is a meaningful difference between recording when a student is...
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The Math Nobody Does: Why Losing One Family Costs More Than You Think
Every international school I’ve worked with treats re-enrollment season the same way: like weather. Something that happens to you. You...
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