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Darryl DeBoer | June 17, 2019

What Story is at the Heart of Our Schools?

What if (Christian) education was primarily concerned with shaping our hopes and passions—our visions of the “good life”? What if the primary work of (Christian) education was the transforming of our imagination rather than the saturation of our intellect? What if we began by appreciating how education not only gets...

Changing Instructional Culture: A New Principal’s List of Do’s and Don’ts

Three years ago I was appointed principal of Calvin Christian, a secondary Christian school of about 530 students in grades 6–12, one campus of a...

Together We Rise: One School’s Journey Through Tragedy

On the morning of August 2, 2017, on my way to my first consulting job, my flight had just landed in Chicago when my assistant...

Christian Schools and Service-Learning: A Different Approach

As the head of a Christian school, one of my top goals is to graduate leaders of competence and character who will be compelling examples...

TRENDING NOW on ACSI Community: Summer Reading; Movement in the Classroom

Over 45,000 Christian educators (yes, you read that right—45,000!) are on ACSI Community, an online platform for educators around the world to connect with each other. One of the things I appreciate about Community is the fact that discussions are centered around improvement.

The Power of “No”

I often think the most powerful, yet most underused, word in today’s modern parental vocabulary is “no.” With the summer months on the way—and with...

Expected Student Outcomes: A Help, or Just Hype?

In the last five to ten years, there has been an increased emphasis on establishing expected student outcomes (ESOs) and using them throughout the school....

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