Best of Thrive 2025: Watch Condensed Versions of Popular Sessions
Get insights from recorded recaps of five of the most popular live presentations at NAIS Thrive 2025 in Nashville, based on attendee feedback. Thank you to all of our presenters!
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Register Now: NAIS AI Events for Educators and Students
Join us in Houston in December for two transformative, concurrent events: the 2025 NAIS Symposium on AI and the Future of Learning (for educators) and From Classrooms to Careers: How AI Is Shaping Our Paths (for students). Get the insights, tools, and connections you need to navigate the evolving AI landscape. -
Reserve Your Spot for the NAIS Emergent Design Lab: Inclusion in the New Legal Landscape
What do you need to know about the new legal landscape for inclusion and belonging work, and what are the most effective programs that independent schools can still legally pursue? Law professor and inclusion expert Kenji Yoshino will answer these questions in this two-day workshop. -
Independent School Magazine: Technology
The Spring 2025 issue explores technology through the lens of risk management, leadership and management, teaching and learning, the student experience, professional development, and more. -
NEW! Help Board Members Grasp Finance Fundamentals
Give them The Trustee’s Guide to Finance Basics. This concise book explains everything they need to understand—from balance sheets to board-level issues. -
Revised and Expanded! The New Hopes and Fears
Get fresh perspectives plus empathic advice on partnering with parents. Even if you read the first edition, you’ll gain new ideas about restructuring the home-school relationship in a changed world.
There's Still Time to Reserve Your Spot for Leadership Academy Events
Don't miss out! Spots are still available for INH, EDL, LTP, the Institute for Intercultural Dialogue, the Civil Discourse Lab, and the Institute on Leading Systems for Teacher Learning.
NAIS Strategic Planning Project
The NAIS staff and board have launched a long-range strategic planning process. With so much change in the educational landscape and wider world, we’ll focus on how to best serve our member schools moving forward. Get details on how to engage in this process here.
Receive Free NAIS Benefits by Joining Now!
Schools that join NAIS between April and June 2025 will receive complimentary membership through June 30, 2025—plus full access for the 2025–2026 school year.
Legal Tip of the Week: Mitigate Risk Through Data and Record Retention
It is crucial for schools to take a well-informed approach to developing a record retention policy and retention schedule. These steps will help guide your process.
Member Voices Podcast: Leading with Relationships
Todd Herauf, head of The Galloway School (TX), reflects on his transition from public education to independent schools and the values that guide his leadership style. This episode is sponsored by DSG | Storbeck.
Independence in Education: Marking 100 Years
This June is the 100th anniversary of the Supreme Court Case that allowed families to choose the educational path for their children.
NAIS Research: Metro Area Report Series
This series examines key demographic, economic, and education trends across five major U.S. metropolitan areas: New York, San Francisco, Atlanta, Chicago, and Seattle.
What Courage and Resilience Look Like
School psychologists reflect on their observations after visiting five independent school communities that were devastated by the LA wildfires.
Leadership Lessons: Technology Leaders Need a Seat at the Table
Schools need technology leaders who can see the big picture, understand the school’s mission, and help guide decision-making through an increasingly complicated future.
Teaching and Learning: The Role of Generative AI in Language Learning
AI tools can provide valuable support to teachers, but they cannot replace the rich, multifaceted experience of learning a foreign language.
Find the Best Talent
Talented teaching and administrator candidates are waiting to apply for jobs at your school. NAIS members can post jobs and browse resumes for free; nonmembers can purchase job postings.