by Dr. Christine Marshall For many families, the idea of remote learning without the immediate, physical presence of a skilled educator brings a mixed bag of feelings. Curiosity and fear are cropping up among parents who simply wonder how it’s all going to work out… How will my child maintain…

by Andy Housiaux This is a blog post unlike any other I’ve written. Here at Andover, in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, our students have gone home and our faculty will be teaching remotely for the foreseeable future. It is a time of deep uncertainty in our community and…

Andover’s Workshop team traveled to Tulsa to soak up hard-earned wisdom from a program that has blazed a trail. by Andy Housiaux & Corrie Martin In 2019, as we began the design process for the Workshop at Phillips Academy, we knew that we wanted to soak up the hard-earned wisdom…

by Kristin Bair O’Keeffe Like most educators today, Andrew Housiaux is forced to reckon with the presence and pull of cell phones and social media in his students’ lives. As an instructor of philosophy and religious studies at Phillips Academy, and the Currie Family Director of the Tang Institute, Housiaux…

A Visit to the Global Citizenship Experience Lab School by Kristin Bair O’Keeffe Phillips Academy won’t be the first to try out an alternative school structure. A number of institutions have been doing it for years and doing it well. …

The inaugural meeting of The Workshop students and faculty — by Kristin Bair O’Keeffe On November 1, students and faculty of the Workshop at Andover gathered for the very first time in the Tang Institute. The Workshop, Andover’s school within a school, will not officially launch until the spring term, but this meeting marked the students’ introduction to each other and to the Workshop’s…

Finding solutions through art, history, and literature — by Kurt Prescott, Instructor and Chair, Philosophy and Religious Studies, Phillips Academy It’s no surprise that I spend a good deal of time thinking about religious literacy. As an instructor in the philosophy and religious studies department at Phillips Academy, I have the distinct privilege of immersing myself in the discipline by teaching electives that directly confront questions about what it means…

by Kristin Bair O’Keeffe — “The best scientists and explorers have the attributes of kids! They ask questions and have a sense of wonder. They have curiosity. ‘Who, what, where, why, when and how!’” – Sylvia Earle, Oceanographer, National Geographic Explorer-In-Residence, Founder of Mission Blue, and 2009 TED Prize Winner One of the very first…

by Andy Housiaux — It was a busy and generative summer for the Tang Institute and its fellows. * In June, we hosted EL Education for a three-day workshop about assessment and student learning. Faculty from 12 departments participated, including members of The Workshop, Andover’s school within a school. * In late July, Fellow…