Category: The Adhyayan Team

Insights and best practices for building wholesome, inclusive learning experiences for every child

Looking Into the Mirror with Love

Five days ago, all we knew of Suchitra Academy was what its website told us. Today, our team of assessors understands the school better than ever—perhaps even better than those within the school community itself.”

This is the magic of a school review with Adhyayan. The journey begins with curiosity

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The Abode of Clouds:

I found ‘The Abode of Clouds’ in a 7-year-old diary. Re-reading old diaries often opens a window into the present as well as the past. Instead of being discovered in a dusty attic under a pile of magazines, my memories are recorded, accidentally archived, sometimes lodged in random electronic files

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Empowering Tomorrow: An Exploration of Student Voice

Did you know that only 34% of 18-year-olds in India are still enrolled in school or other educational institutions?

For the upcoming generation, regardless of whether they are born in Cambridge or Kolkata, the world will be more complex than it is today. They will navigate a technologically advanced environment

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VOICES OFF !

We talk a lot today about student voice, about engagement and ownership but too often those are waiting room conversations marked by abstractions of aspirations, intentions and imperatives. So, this month I want to explore student voice, what it sounds and looks like and how it is impacted by the

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An Oasis In The Pink City

“An Oasis in the Pink City” is a school success story that is all heart. Read on to learn about a principal who demonstrates robust, adaptive & empathetic leadership by empowering her school community.

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MONSOON IN MUMBAI

I was reviewing a K-12 school, no shoes, only sandals with trousers ready to roll up and trying to keep clear of the downpour. Most of the corridors were enclosed so I didn’t have to worry about anything other than misted windows and humidity. But at the end of the

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The Long & Winding Road

Somewhere in the middle of rural Madhya Pradesh, an all-age 3-16 years school is opening its doors for the day. The lane feeding the school is winding and narrow with high hedgerows on either side. While parent vehicles can pull into the school field, the absence of school buses is

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LEADERSHIP SNAPSHOT

Why is it that Learning Walks have been integral to every one of over 1800 Adhyayan School Reviews we have led since 2012? And why is it that each day’s walk begins and ends at the school gates? My personal tally of reviews, which is now in the hundreds, combined

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Learning Walks – taking the School’s Pulse

The top schools in our country and the best around the world have one thing in common. Their school leaders take daily walks around their school, walking the grounds, the corridors and most importantly the classrooms. Why do they do that? Schools are living breathing organisms, so their leaders want

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An Act of Hope

I spend my days at Adhyayan working with educators and school leaders from leading schools across the country who work tirelessly and sometimes thanklessly to educate the students walking into their schools. We also introduce schools to our standards for a good school, some of which I’ll share in this

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