Thank You
Last year during the pandemic, these two simple words were a blessing to me at the end of each of my math classes. Even...
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Reflections of a School Counselor
Editor’s Note: Today’s post is a chapter from a new resource from ACSI Research called “Leading Insights: Mental Health & Well-Being.” ---
I will never forget...
Introduction to Leading Insights: Mental Health & Well-Being
At the heart of Christian schools’ missions is ministry to children. Christian educators desire that students flourish and achieve their God-given potential both educationally and...
Restorative Leadership in Times of Crisis
School administrators across the country are well into planning for the coming fall. Even as we look ahead, many of us, our staff, and our...
The Turnaround School: Moving Toward Financial Viability
Across the United States, many Christian schools are finding it hard to make ends meet and leaders are becoming discouraged. Let me restore your hope...
Preventing “Mission Drift” is Not Enough
Since Peter Greer and Chris Horst wrote their inspirational book Mission Drift in 2014, Christian organizations have rightly focused on ways to remain true to...
Expected Student Outcomes: A Help, or Just Hype?
In the last five to ten years, there has been an increased emphasis on establishing expected student outcomes (ESOs) and using them throughout the school....
What Story is at the Heart of Our Schools?
What if (Christian) education was primarily concerned with shaping our hopes and passions—our visions of the “good life”? What if the primary work of (Christian)...
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,...