We send warm wishes to our families who begin celebrating Diwali today. May your hearts and homes be filled with light and laughter. We will pause BUA classes on Wednesday to mark Veterans Day. To all of you receiving this message who have served our country or who have family members in the armed […]
I’m several chapters into a new book by MIT professor Eric So titled The Collision: What AI Does to Us. I picked it up in part to learn more about a phenomenon I am increasingly thinking about: AI-induced cognitive atrophy. There is mounting evidence that offloading cognitive tasks to AI can make us less able […]
I have been visiting classes recently, as I do throughout the year. I typically pop in for 15-minute class visits and then follow up with the teacher for a conversation. Those conversations let me offer kudos, think with the teacher about an area where they would like to grow, and hear more about what they […]
I visited two English classes early this week. The teacher in the ninth-grade class asked students to prepare for and stage a trial of Odysseus to determine whether he should be held responsible for the disaster with the cyclops Polyphemus. During opening statements, rebuttals, and cross examinations, students cited facts and textual evidence (from Book […]
Thank you to all the families who joined us for Parents Day earlier this week. What joy to have so many parents attending classes with their children and getting an up-close look at life at BUA. I heard from quite a few parents about how taken they were by the care and passion of the […]
At our opening meetings in August, BUA’s faculty and staff voted to adopt a smartphone policy designed to support our students and preserve the community we cherish. In broad strokes, 9th and 10th-graders are now asked to deposit smartphones in a cabinet by the front desk when they arrive at school in the morning. 11th […]