What knowledge, skills, attitudes, and values will today’s students need to thrive and shape their world? How can instructional systems develop knowledge, skills, attitudes, and...
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Women’s Leadership: Making Room at the Table
I grew up in an idyllic small town in Minnesota as the youngest of four kids. I had more people to look up to than...
Identity Crisis: Women in Leadership
“This is the most sexist, racist place on the planet and I am underpaid, understaffed, overworked, and summarily ignored.” Where have you heard that before?...
We’ve Got to Talk the Walk: Intentionally Supporting Women in Christian School Leadership
I was stunned. There she sat—an intelligent, energetic, Christcentered young faculty member—and her question to me, the (also female) assistant headmaster at her Christian school,...
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...
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...
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...
Teacher Professional Learning for the 21st Century
Some time ago I was asked to recollect a professional learning experience that had directly impacted or changed my teaching practice. Over my twenty-five years...