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NY Daily News: Good Breeding Preferred at Dalton

The New York Daily News' Ben Chapman has an amusing article:  Title Deed Makes For Royal Treatment at Dalton Chapman contrasts Dalton's web nice-nice: we are looking for all kinds of children, with its application's pull-down menu, which gives parents the option to note if they are royalty.  I said: “Asking if you’re a princess or … Continue reading NY Daily News: Good Breeding Preferred at Dalton

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Dalton: How Do I Love Thee

Do you love Dalton?  I mean, really love Dalton? So do lots of people. As a New York City private schools educational consultant, I talk to many families about private schools.  No Manhattan private school inspires parents' ardor like Dalton.  I regularly listen to parents talk enthusiastically about Dalton for a half hour or more. Is it … Continue reading Dalton: How Do I Love Thee

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Private School News Now Makes New York Times, Gawker, New Yorker etc.

Back when I attended Hunter College High School, no major news journalist gave two cents about what happened there.  In fact, when I edited What's What, the school newspaper, I was confident that no sensible adult other than our faculty advisor and the principal would read the paper, let alone care what was in it.  … Continue reading Private School News Now Makes New York Times, Gawker, New Yorker etc.