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BLAC founder Jonathan Lee varies a deep belief that every student deserves to be heard, respected, and valued. He believes that there is nothing more critical than access to an education that provides the ability to obtain knowledge and power. Jonathan further believes that independent schools are an amazing conduit that provides teenagers a means to become great young adults as they prepare for college and life.
Jonathan earned his BA in Government and MBA from the College of William and Mary. Jonathan has served as a mentor, coach, advisor, dorm parent, grade dean, admission officer, and much more during his time working in independent schools.
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Sep 28, 2026 ∙ 9 min
The Shakespeare Exam
An exam you could not cram for, and what it taught me about building something that lasts. An article from the Build series There was an exam at Episcopal High School (Alexandria, Virginia) that you could not shortcut. It was the Shakespeare exam, and it came senior year. My teacher, and later my colleague, Whit Morgan, ran it. There were several sections to it, and twenty-five years later I will not pretend to remember all of them. What I remember is the part that mattered. A long run of...
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Sep 26, 2026 ∙ 14 min
The Cost of Not Listening
What the room says, and what it costs. An article from the Listen series. I have been in the room. Board meetings. Faculty meetings. Dorm hallways. Zoom squares. I have been the person raising something, and I have been the person on the other side of the table when someone else raised it. Over twenty years working in schools, I have heard the same small set of sentences used to end a conversation that should have started one. If you have spent any time inside an organization, you have...
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Sep 16, 2026 ∙ 7 min
Who Helped You Get Here?
A question at a folding table, and what it opened. An article from the Listen series This past Juneteenth, I stood at a booth with a question. Not a survey. Not a sign-up sheet. Just a question, offered to whoever walked by: Who helped you get here? Forty recorded interviews and a few hundred conversations in, I thought I had heard the range of what people say about this. I hadn't. Here's what was different. Most of my work happens inside one institution at a time. One school, one company,...
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