Research shows that outdoor education leads to positive impacts on school performance, student health, and the community. I have worked in California, Minnesota, and Colorado and...
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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,...
Uniters and Reconcilers
Just before the end of 2021, I read several retrospectives of the year. You know them: top 10 events of 2021, photos capturing the spirit...
Fundraising: Relationships over Transactions
As I traveled from Boston to Lancaster, Pennsylvania, for my final interview, I was thrilled at the prospect of joining HOPE International. With a clear...
From One Generation to the Next (Psalm 145:4): Intergenerational Programs
Many of us can remember having grandparents either living in our family home or possibly just down the street. The majority of children in our...
Shalom: 2022 ACSI Day of Prayer
“Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the...
Formation Through—Not Around—Polarization: Christian Education’s Audacious Opportunity.
Conflict is here to stay. The polarization affecting our lives and institutions is the new normal. Don’t believe me? Imagine your school nine months from...
Communicating Care in Education
Most teachers enter the profession in order to support student well-being and flourishing. Studies show that the establishment of a caring teacher-student relationship makes a...
What They’re Reading in 2022
It has become our custom to ask our blog authors for the top books from their reading lists at the start of each new year....