What the Erosion of Trust Means for Us

Independent and international schools are in the trust business. Parents (and often, in the case of international schools, their employers) must trust that schools deliver what students will need to thrive in the future. The challenge is that trust in general is an increasingly scarce item in human life. This article in The Economist  (August 12) highlights the erosion of trust in everyday life (particularly in America), and underscores just how big the problem is for schools: why should parents trust schools when everyone and every institution seems suspect? This may be the prima strategic issue for our future.