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The Atlantic has an insightful new article that exposes how powerful the advantage of playing a "rich kids sport" can be for getting into top colleges: The Cult of Rich Kid Sports. These rich kid sports are water polo, squash, crew, lacrosse, and skiing, activities that require money to learn how to play.

At Harvard, nearly 1,200 undergraduates—or 20 percent of the student body— participate in intercollegiate athletics.

Early in the Harvard admissions process, recruited athletes receive special treatment. Most of the school’s 42 sports have liaisons that relay the coach’s preferences for incoming athletes to the admissions department. Nearly 90 percent of recruited athletes gain admission to Harvard, versus about 6 percent of applicants overall. These athletes make up less than 1 percent of Harvard’s applicant pool but more than 10 percent of its admitted class. (The other 10 percent of Harvard’s players are walk-ons who likely have also benefited from high athletic ratings in the admissions process.)

It's terrific that people are learning about how much sports impact admissions at prestigious colleges. This has repercussions for racial and socioeconomic diversity as well as for overall academic excellence.

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Sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, well known as a financier, started his career in the 1970's as a teacher at Dalton. Charged this month with sex trafficking and conspiracy to traffic minors for sex, Epstein is known as a powerful man about town, consorting with powerful political, royal and entertainment figures. Little known until the Times reported it, is his connection with Dalton.

While Epstein's behavior as a teacher was "noticed", thankfully no former students have reported that he sexually abused them. The Times notes:

None of the female students who spoke to The New York Times in recent days remembered Mr. Epstein making unwanted physical contact with them, and he has not been accused of any crimes related to his time at the school.

But a few students said they had been discomfited by a close relationship he had with one of their female peers, a concern that had escalated so much that one of them had raised the issue then to a school administrator.

In 1976, Dalton terminated Epstein, judging that he was inexperienced and not "up to snuff".

 

Abacus Mom received this great news from Trevor Day School:

Happy Spring!

We are pleased to share that Trevor Day School’s Nursery program continues its exciting growth as a foundational step in our ongoing Nursery–Grade 12 school. We began this program to meet the growing needs of our families and our neighborhood, and we are thrilled to announce the expansion of our Nursery experience with the opening of a second classroom for the 2019–2020 school year. We invite you to share this news with your families...we would love for them to visit and explore Trevor.

Our Nursery program is available to children who will be at least 2.8 years old by September 1st. We offer full-day and half-day enrollment, as well as early drop-off and extended-day options. Trevor Nursery classrooms are play-based and driven by our students’ inquiries. Each is staffed by two expert teachers. We take frequent trips to Central Park and also utilize an outdoor play terrace. Art, Spanish, music, physical education, and library classes are integral parts of every week.

Families can come see us in action! Call 212.426.3355 or email us at LSAdmissions@trevor.org for questions or to schedule a visit. www.trevor.org/nursery

Trevor Day School

Ambitious academics. Engaged students. Balanced lives.

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Recently, families have called me with concerns that BASIS Independent Schools, well-regarded private schools in Brooklyn and Manhattan, have just been bought by a China-based investment firm.

The Wall Street Journal covered the story: Parents Voice Concern Over Sale of BASIS Independent Schools.

I asked BASIS for their perspective. Here it is:

Since the opening of the first school in 1998 by Michael and Olga Block, the BASIS school network has grown and expanded.  There are now 37 BASIS Curriculum Schools around the world, including 2 independent schools in New York - BASIS Independent Manhattan and BASIS Independent Brooklyn.

In April 2019, Spring Education Group acquired the five U.S. private BASIS Independent Schools. Spring Education Group provides BASIS Independent Schools with an even greater level of long-term stability -- because of Spring Education Group’s resources, dedication to the mission of providing excellence in education, and its extensive network of schools.  They are committed to maintaining the world-class BASIS Curriculum and high teaching and learning standards for which the BASIS schools have become known.

BASIS Independent Schools will operate as a separate, standalone division of Spring Education Group, led by the same management team that is now running BASIS Independent Schools. The BASIS Curriculum will continue to be managed and supported by the same educators who are experts in the BASIS Curriculum, and who are school leaders within the BASIS Independent School network. This team is committed to ensuring the schools have the support and resources they need.   Parents should rest assured that this ownership change will not change BASIS Independent’s high standards for academic excellence, the BASIS Curriculum, the day-to-day operations of each campus for our students or families, or our bright and passionate faculty and staff.