When seeing “Teacher In-Service Day” on the calendar, a typical first reaction for a teacher is, “Well, there goes a day of instruction and getting...
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Flourish: A Day of Prayer for Christ-centered Education
“But blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord, whose confidence is in him. They will be like a tree planted by the water that sends out its...
Christian Schools and COVID: Leading the Way
Last month, University of Louisiana professor Michael B. Henderson and Harvard University professors Paul E. Peterson and Martin R. West released the findings of their...
Blazing the Trail
Following graduate school, my oldest son, Bryce, informed us that he was going to hike the Appalachian Trail—a 2,200-mile hike from North Georgia to Maine....
Leadership for Flourishing Schools
Because of their biblically-based philosophy of education, Christian schools ground their vision and mission in Scripture. Based on the scriptural truth that God desires to...
The Paradox Principle in the Gospel and Athletics
The Bible is full of mind-bending, seemingly nonsensical phrases that, on the surface, contradict themselves. For example, in Matthew 16:25 Jesus says, “For whoever wants...
What They’re Reading in 2021
As we do at the start of every New Year, we have once again asked our blog authors to share their top picks of books...
Women’s Leadership and Mentoring in Christian Schools
A tweet from Jen Schwanke in Education Week Teacher that keeps popping up in my feed says: “The biggest challenge I face as a leader...
Nationwide-Data on Christian Schools Yields 2020-2021 Profile
Over 730 Christian schools participated in ACSI’s third nationwide survey of Christian schools’ responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. Findings showed that the vast majority of...