What are we really asking schools to shape in the lives of young people?
Rather than offering another framework, checklist, or set of answers, Elevate
looks closely at how a small group of boarding schools understand their
responsibility to adolescence. Through the schools’ own words, it explores
how values, structure, and daily life are intentionally aligned to create
educational communities that take whole-person development seriously.
This is not a study, a ranking, or a prescription. Drawing on self-described
portraits from school leaders, educators, and founders, the book invites
careful attention to how educational environments are designed, sustained,
and lived. What becomes visible is not a single model to replicate, but a way
of thinking about education itself.
Elevate asks readers to slow down, look closely, and consider what becomes
possible when education is treated not only as preparation for the future, but
as a meaningful experience in the present. What emerges are not simple
solutions, but enduring questions about the form, function, and moral
purpose of education.