Craft Schools
What if schools (why not education in general) were run by craftspeople? As Henrietta Thompson writes, “From houses to handbags, models of consumption are changing. Increasingly, we look to borrow rather than buy to ease the pressure on our over-burdened storage units, savings accounts, and souls. But, while many learn to make do with less, as with any major trend there is also big business to be found on the flip-side: collecting.” (Trends, Business Life, February 2019).
Of Ethics and Struggle
Do we have a system of moral principles that govern our business actions in the world that we call international schools? How are individuals in our sector behaving, when it comes to 'making deals' to open/create new schools around the world, as part of the wave that appears to be remarkable growth in international schools? In the quest for income, whether those funds are destined for endowment pots or to support bursaries and scholarships in a 'home campus' location, have we struggled sufficiently and openly with the ethics of it all? And what are the consequences of an insufficient struggle?