5 More Founders and the Schools Their Gifts Established

I just read another one of those discouraging articles in the New York Times about the low esteem in which America holds its teachers in the 21st century. Author Sam Dillon was referring to public school teachers. While the circumstances have changed since that article was published, educators continue to face significant challenges. Teacher shortages, recruitment difficulties, increasing administrative responsibilities, and evolving educational expectations remain pressing concerns across the United States.

According to reporting from Education Week and research published by UNESCO, schools worldwide continue to grapple with teacher recruitment and retention challenges. At the same time, boarding schools continue to attract talented educators who are looking for opportunities to teach in environments that value academic excellence, meaningful student relationships, and professional growth.

Besides being able to have a job in their chosen profession, why else would professional teachers want to teach in a boarding school? They would want to do so for many of the same reasons why you and I want our children to attend such residential schools. Let's look at some of the factors which might make an experienced public school teacher consider teaching in the private K-12 sector.

Academic Standards

Teachers want to teach. They love their subject. They know it inside and out at the level at which they have been teaching. They know all the tricks and ways to light our children's academic fires.

Children are born curious. As they mature, we can nurture that curiosity, or we

One of our parental prerogatives is to worry about our children. That's probably because your child never came with an instruction manual and, as a result, you have had to learn so many things about parenting simply by being a parent. No matter, worry is part of the parental landscape. Now, if you are thinking about sending your child off to boarding school, your worries will be quite specific. Probably along the lines of the following questions.

Many parents find the concept of sending a child to boarding school upsetting; a child's adolescence is such a distinctively affective period that entrusting it to others seems wrong. Yet boarding schools prosper, successors to institutions dating to medieval times.

In 2026, those worries are still understandable. Families are asking not only about academics and college placement, but also about safety, mental health, residential supervision, social adjustment, and cost. The good news is that today’s boarding schools are built around structure, accountability, and close adult guidance.

Will My Child Be Safe?

Boarding schools take your child's safety very seriously. Contractually, a boarding school functions in loco parentis, which is a legal way of stating that the school acts in the place of the parent when it comes to supervision of its students, your child included.

In many respects, your child is a whole lot safer at school, where she cannot drive or go to somebody's house and get into who-knows-what. Drugs, drinking, and smoking are not permitted in a boarding school.

Recruitment fairs are events held in locations all over the world that are meant to help boarding schools with their recruitment of international students. For example, Linden Educational Services has long worked with international schools and students, and education fair providers continue to hold recruitment events in major regions around the world in 2026.

Aimed at parents and students who live in locations all around the world, these recruitment fairs put admissions staff from dozens of boarding schools on location in various international cities. You can meet school representatives and ask all the questions you have about American, Canadian, UK, and Swiss boarding schools.

Families can also use organizations such as The Association of Boarding Schools (TABS) to learn more about boarding school options, admissions, and school life before or after attending a fair.

Why would students from overseas consider attending boarding school in the States?

There are many reasons. As a rule, the main one is that parents want their children to have a world-class education. An international boarding school education will strengthen your child's language skills. Not just English, though it is pretty much the lingua franca in the business and professional world today; Your child will also be able to learn a host of other languages, including French, German, Italian, Spanish, and Chinese, to name a few.

International boarding schools generally offer a rich array of courses in many subjects. As you meet with school representatives, have a list of questions

If you are thinking about sending your child off to boarding school, you should try to start your school search process as early as possible. Finding the right school takes time. The process itself is not difficult; however, it is time-consuming. For example, if you are considering getting your child into school for 10th grade, you should begin the process in the spring of 8th grade. Standardized admissions testing typically takes place during the fall and winter of 9th grade, depending on each school's requirements. Most boarding schools have application deadlines in January, although some schools offer rolling admission. Admissions decisions are generally released in March, with enrollment decisions typically due in early April.

Many parents think that they will have plenty of time to get everything done, but the truth is that the 18-month time frame that I am recommending flies by very quickly. Before you know it, the application deadline is around the corner. With that in mind, let's review why I feel that you need 18 months for your school search.

1. You Need Time to Visit the Schools

Visiting schools is time-consuming. It is not enough to visit the schools virtually, although if you live abroad, that might be the only viable way of visiting schools. You must experience the school. You need to use your eyes and ears to help decide whether your child will be happy there for the next three years. Possibly four if he stays for a PG year. You