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Martha Marcomber | May 17, 2018

Women in Educational Leadership: Challenges and Supports

Currently, there is a scarcity of female leadership in Christian education. All leadership is costly—and tough, especially for women who believe God has called and gifted them to be leaders.

Beginning Well: Succession Planning from the New Leader’s Perspective

In a blog post earlier this school year, I (Lynn) interviewed a recently retired head of school about how to do succession planning well. In...

Rethinking Assessment: A Tool for Learning and Spiritual Formation

What a school decides to measure is particular to each school and expresses what that school community values in the realms of academics, social, physical,...

Christian School Safety in an Era of Mass Shootings

We at ACSI are spotlighting how schools are responding in similar and different ways to the unfortunate phenomenon of school mass shootings in our country’s primary, secondary, and higher education settings. I believe Christian schools have a unique perspective to offer both as private schools and as a faith community.

The Value of Developing Donor Profiles

Generous giving to a school does not happen by accident or only to schools fortunate enough to be located in wealthy communities. Philanthropy happens when...

Blessing the Culture for Good

When you are asked the question, “Why Christian school?”, what is your reply? Do you perhaps point to the biblical imperative that parents should teach...

Mission Possible: “Late-Start” Professional Development

At Delmarva Christian Schools (DCS) in Delaware, we recently set what seemed to be an impossible goal for our PK–8 campus, which is located roughly thirty minutes from our high school campus. The goal: “We want consistent, intentional, professionally led, team-oriented, growth-focused, longitudinal, and measurable professional development for our teachers—and we want it each week—every week—for an hour—in the morning—with 100 percent of teaching staff present every time.”