How are Christian schools responding to meet the evolving needs of our students? In order to explore this question, this year’s annual ACSI Tuition and...
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DIS2ECTing STEM in Christian Schools
If you Google STEM—the acronym coined by Dr. Judith Ramaley from the National Science Foundation, which stands for “science, technology, engineering, and mathematics”—you will find...
Christian School Leadership: 2019 ACSI Profile
In spring and summer 2019, the Association of Christian Schools International (ACSI) invited over 2500 member schools to participate in the annual ACSI Tuition and...
Arts in the Christian School: For Some or for All?
Entering the rehearsal, my students hear, “Put your phones in the basket and let me have it.” As the students dutifully follow the given directions,...
Flourishing Christian Schools: Insight from New Research
How do Christian schools flourish? What elements of school culture contribute to flourishing, and do some elements matter more than others? Is there a road...
Beginning Well: Succession Planning from the New Leader’s Perspective
In a blog post last week, I (Lynn) interviewed a recently retired head of school about how to do succession planning well. In this post,...
Finishing Well: Succession Planning in Christian Schools
One of the major challenges facing the Christian school movement is the wave of Baby Boomer school leaders who will retire within the next few...
All Belong: Defining Christian Community
What does it mean to belong? Recently, Dr. Erik Carter at Vanderbilt University sought to answer this question for persons with disabilities in church communities....
Fierce Conversations: Managing Board Conflict
My friend Bill Simmer is famous for his many colorful and sometimes painfully honest quotes. The phrase “fierce conversations” is one of those. He employs...