In Schools at Risk: An Analysis of Factors Endangering the Evangelical Christian School Movement in America (Nichols 2016), I investigated the nature, causes, and contributing...
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PODCAST: Addressing Mental Health Needs and Challenges in Christian Schools
Christian school students present with a number of mental health needs and challenges. School leaders can benefit from learning about best practices for addressing those...
Inclusive Education: One Christian School’s Journey
It’s that time of year again! As students and parents are enjoying those last few days of summer and maybe beginning to feel some anxious...
Belonging and Disability in the Christian School
When I hear the dreams of parents of a child with a disability, they often share a hope for belonging for their son or daughter....
Innovation: Moving Beyond Debate to Constructive Action
What is Innovation?
When you think of the word “innovation,” what images or ideas come to mind? This is not a rhetorical question! Invoking the word...
Making Schooling Choices in a Competitive Schooling Market
This month's podcast discusses the joint Barna-ACSI research report entitled “Multiple Choice: How Parents Sort Education Options in a Changing Market” which came out in...
Flourishing School Culture Initiative: An Invitation
How do Christian schools flourish? What elements of school culture contribute to flourishing, and do some elements matter more than others? Does flourishing look different...
Teacher Induction: Are We Doing It Wrong?
Teacher induction is perhaps one of the most significant school functions we perform, done at arguably one of the busiest times in the annual life...
Caring Too Much: Burned-Out Educators and Disengagement in Our Schools
What if efforts to solve disengagement in schools has taken us down the wrong path? A lot of today’s material focuses on student engagement. If...