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Here’s where you’ll find news about Independent Education and news about our member schools in Washington, D.C., Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Maryland.

Personal Learning Networks: Connections that Transform Education

February 14, 2012 It is an exciting time to be educator. Technological advances and the internet have provided an... 

Program to Explore Low-Cost Paths to an Energy-Efficient Campus

February 8, 2012 Conventional wisdom would suggest that now is not the time for schools to invest in more... 

Shirley J. Lowrie Award for 2011-12

February 2, 2012 For the third consecutive year, Independent Education is pleased to partner with the family of Shirley... 

Independent Education Is Hiring a Program Associate

January 31, 2012 Independent Education (IE), an association of 84 independent private schools educating 33,000 students from nursery school... 

Three Golden Anniversaries and a Centennial

November 17, 2011 Four of Independent Education’s 85 member schools are celebrating anniversary milestones. Maret School , the oldest... 

Heads Conference: Exploring the Substance of Global Education

October 17, 2011 Beyond the obligatory reference to &"global education” in a school’s mission statement and the traditional trip... 

Potomac Students Assist Winning UMD Solar Decathlon Team

October 10, 2011 Nine students from The Potomac School collaborated with the winning University of Maryland team to create... 

Washington Post Features Maret's Horizons Program

October 4, 2011 Maret School was featured in The Washington Post for its partnership with Horizons Greater Washington, a... 

Sidwell Friends Launches Global Online Academy

September 14, 2011 Sidwell Friends School has launched Global Online Academy in partnership with nine other independent schools in... 

Mercersburg Students Compete in RoboCup 2011

September 14, 2011 Four students and two faculty members from Mercersburg Academy r ecently traveled to Instanbul, Turkey, to... 

Independent Education is an association of independent private schools educating 33,000 students from nursery school through high school in the greater Washington, D.C., region.
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