A key element of the Teaching Boys Initiative includes Saint David’s collaboration with leading scholars in the education of boys. This year, the school launched its visiting scholars program, welcoming psychologist Dr. Michael Reichert , one of the world’s leading experts on boys’ education. Dr. Reichert has been working in small groups with our faculty around a relational teaching framework for boys, and has been the featured speaker at events for our parents, faculty, and prospective families. Saint David’s Magazine sat down with Dr. Reichert to discuss his research and experience at the school. In your workshops with our faculty, what has impressed you; what observations have you made? Two things: one is that your headmaster, both intellectually and spiritually, already recognizes the powerful role that relationship plays in helping boys grow and become their best selves. Having already established that relationship is at the center of what differentiates Saint David’s School; the...