Academic - John Palfrey

Head of School Bookshelf: The Teaching, Talent and Testing Edition, Spring 2015

March 30, 2026April 2, 2015 by John Palfrey

The long flights to and from East Asia this Spring Break afforded time to catch up on a stack of books I’ve been meaning to read for a while. For this Spring’s Head of School bookshelf, I’ve selected a series of titles focused on psychology and policy relevant to the secondary school field in education. … Read more

Do We Still Need Libraries?

September 13, 2026December 30, 2012 by John Palfrey

Do we still need libraries? Absolutely. And this post makes the case for why — and why we need them more than ever in an age of Google.

Blogs in the academic job search

September 7, 2026July 10, 2005 by John Palfrey

Words to the wise academics who blog then look to get a job, from the Chronicle of Higher Education. A snippet: “Worst of all, for professional academics, it’s a publishing medium with no vetting process, no review board, and no editor. The author is the sole judge of what constitutes publishable material, and the medium … Read more