Alex Ragone
@alexragone.com
Independent School leader with a focus on building and maintaining strong learning communities.
Life Is Too Short to Fight With Your Family www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/o...
Opinion | Life Is Too Short to Fight With Your Family
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Life Is Too Short to Fight With Your Family www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/o...
Critical listening. How Trump Upended 60 Years of Civil Rights www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/p...
How Trump Upended 60 Years of Civil Rights
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October 22, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Critical listening. How Trump Upended 60 Years of Civil Rights www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/p...
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New Post: Meeting the Moment by Knowing Our History
Are educators ahistorical about their own profession?
What do the last 150 years of American public education teach us about how we must meet this current educational moment?
Are educators ahistorical about their own profession?
What do the last 150 years of American public education teach us about how we must meet this current educational moment?
Meeting the Moment by Knowing Our History
Recently, I was lucky enough to talk to one of the truly transformational educators of the previous generation. They're getting older and starting to have some real health challenges, and they are someone who deserves all the flowers and thank yous for creating schools that changed the parameters of what many people - students, parents, educators, policy makers - thought school could be.
practicaltheory.org
October 6, 2025 at 1:19 AM
New Post: Meeting the Moment by Knowing Our History
Are educators ahistorical about their own profession?
What do the last 150 years of American public education teach us about how we must meet this current educational moment?
Are educators ahistorical about their own profession?
What do the last 150 years of American public education teach us about how we must meet this current educational moment?
A Plea for President Trump With a Fragile Country on Edge www.nytimes.com/2025/09/12/o...
Opinion | A Plea for President Trump With a Fragile Country on Edge
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September 12, 2025 at 9:23 PM
A Plea for President Trump With a Fragile Country on Edge www.nytimes.com/2025/09/12/o...
In sum, what you are seeing from this Trump II administration, and its bended-knee Congress, is a dangerous, undisciplined, intellectually inconsistent farce that we will pay dearly for in the future.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/03/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/03/o...
Opinion | Trump’s Gilded Gut Instinct
www.nytimes.com
June 4, 2025 at 2:22 AM
In sum, what you are seeing from this Trump II administration, and its bended-knee Congress, is a dangerous, undisciplined, intellectually inconsistent farce that we will pay dearly for in the future.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/03/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/03/o...
Which inbox? seths.blog/2025/06/whic...
Which inbox?
It’s easier than ever to fall into an inbox mindset. There are things to do, and we do them. Inbox zero is the unattainable goal that fills our days. But it avoids the real question, which is…
seths.blog
June 3, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Which inbox? seths.blog/2025/06/whic...
What a great post to start your day with. Just show up. open.substack.com/pub/kanahoma...
The Power of Showing Up
(Without Needing a Return)
open.substack.com
June 3, 2025 at 11:43 AM
What a great post to start your day with. Just show up. open.substack.com/pub/kanahoma...
Interesting read. How are you using AI to evolve this summer?
iansymmonds.org/blog/what-wo... @iansymmonds.bsky.social #isednet #ai #ailearning
iansymmonds.org/blog/what-wo... @iansymmonds.bsky.social #isednet #ai #ailearning
What Worries Me the Most About the Future of Education and AI | Ian Symmonds & Associates
After delivering keynote addresses on the future of education and AI to independent school leaders in six major cities across three continents this past year, I’m returning home with a lingering conce...
iansymmonds.org
June 2, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Interesting read. How are you using AI to evolve this summer?
iansymmonds.org/blog/what-wo... @iansymmonds.bsky.social #isednet #ai #ailearning
iansymmonds.org/blog/what-wo... @iansymmonds.bsky.social #isednet #ai #ailearning
Using AI as a Thought Partner, Not a Shortcut
www.edutopia.org/article/ai-t...
www.edutopia.org/article/ai-t...
Using AI as a Thought Partner, Not a Shortcut
Engaging in a back-and-forth with AI programs to refine the prompt and the output can help educators generate high-quality learning materials.
www.edutopia.org
June 2, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Using AI as a Thought Partner, Not a Shortcut
www.edutopia.org/article/ai-t...
www.edutopia.org/article/ai-t...
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Pluto never gave up:)
June 1, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Pluto never gave up:)
The 100 Days of May and Your Facilities Team. www.knuckleballconsulting.com/post/doesn-t... #isednet
Doesn't Cost Nothing
What does May cost? Tracking the real and opportunity cost of school events.
www.knuckleballconsulting.com
June 2, 2025 at 5:00 PM
The 100 Days of May and Your Facilities Team. www.knuckleballconsulting.com/post/doesn-t... #isednet
Reposted by Alex Ragone
Master your social media calendar for schools with proven strategies. Transform scattered posts into engaging content that builds community.
Social Media Calendar for Schools: Expert Planning Guide
Master your social media calendar for schools with proven strategies. Transform scattered posts into engaging content that builds community.
blog.marcomsociety.org
June 2, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Master your social media calendar for schools with proven strategies. Transform scattered posts into engaging content that builds community.
Reposted by Alex Ragone
Cutting aid to the world’s most vulnerable children.
What, is this guy on ketamine?
What, is this guy on ketamine?
June 1, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Cutting aid to the world’s most vulnerable children.
What, is this guy on ketamine?
What, is this guy on ketamine?
Awesome resource for educators thinking about moving to the private sector from @schneiderb.com. I look forward to this conversation.
I did a thing!
I'm calling SchneiderB Unschooled.
The idea for Unschooled has been brewing in my mind since July 2022, when I left schools to run SchneiderB Media full-time.
I hope you'll read the entire article and subscribe if you're interested. Thanks!!
I'm calling SchneiderB Unschooled.
The idea for Unschooled has been brewing in my mind since July 2022, when I left schools to run SchneiderB Media full-time.
I hope you'll read the entire article and subscribe if you're interested. Thanks!!
Why SchneiderB Unschooled? Why Now?
During my 28 years working at private schools, my first interview question to prospective employees was always, "Why [School Name]?
www.schneiderbunschooled.com
May 10, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Awesome resource for educators thinking about moving to the private sector from @schneiderb.com. I look forward to this conversation.
“What a pathetic, shameful performance. Happy Liberation Day.” www.nytimes.com/2025/04/09/o...
Opinion | What Trump Just Cost America
Do you think these former close U.S. allies are ever going to trust getting into a trench with this administration again?
www.nytimes.com
April 10, 2025 at 8:19 PM
“What a pathetic, shameful performance. Happy Liberation Day.” www.nytimes.com/2025/04/09/o...
The actual relationship between the US and China… www.nytimes.com/2025/04/02/o...
Opinion | I Just Saw the Future. It Was Not in America.
Beijing’s message to America: We’re not afraid of you. You aren’t who you think you are — and we aren’t who you think we are.
www.nytimes.com
April 4, 2025 at 8:44 PM
The actual relationship between the US and China… www.nytimes.com/2025/04/02/o...
