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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.

Independent Education Announces the Search for a Permanent Executive Director

May 2, 2012 Independent Education announced the search for a permanent Executive Director to begin July 1, 2013. The... 

A Time for Action: Green Acres School Hosts Day of Solidarity with LGBT Community

May 2, 2012 To coincide with the national Day of Silence on April 13, Green Acres middle school held... 

Towards A Better Understanding: Two Students Honored for their Work on Diversity

April 3, 2012 The local selection committee for the Princeton Prize in Race Relations recently recognized two students at... 

The Things that Really Count

March 8, 2012 In an article for the winter 2012 edition of Independent School magazine, Neal Brown, Head of... 

Clayton Lewis on Why Learning a Foreign Language Matters

February 23, 2012 Clayton Lewis, Head of School at Washington International School, was a featured respondent in The New... 

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... 

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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