2024-04-16 13:13
As soon as I hear the opening notes of Avril Lavigne’s hit song “Complicated,” I’m immediately transported to another place and time. It’s 2002, and I can feel… Read More
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2024-04-09 13:09
Sixteen thousand hours—that is approximately the amount of time a child spends with their teachers from kindergarten to high school graduation. Most of us know from experience the powe… Read More
2024-04-03 13:09
Not all schools that inspire come in big packages. The King’s School in Langley, British Columbia is on a journey, helping students deeply understand their role in God’s Story th… Read More
2024-03-26 13:22
It’s either really close or just happened. . . . These two words make every student and every teacher light up—Spring Break! On behalf of CACE, we wish for you, or hope that you… Read More
2024-03-14 13:15
Whereas I love being a history teacher, as a student I didn’t always love history class. Though I always had some interest in the stories of the past, that was usually in spite of my h… Read More
2024-03-05 14:13
Much has changed since Converge 2022, when over 900 Christian school leaders gathered in San Diego for encouragement and refreshment after a trying three years of disruption. Since then, and… Read More
2024-02-28 14:07
As a natural expression of their God-given, image-bearing nature, every child desires to be seen, to be known, and to belong. While school years are formative for belonging and becoming in e… Read More
2024-02-20 14:15
As Christian educational leaders, we are called not only to educate but to shepherd and nurture the whole person, aligning our approach with the teachings of Christ. In our endeavors to supp… Read More
2024-02-13 14:15
I am a middle school math & Bible teacher at Whitinsville Christian School (WCS) in Whitinsville, Massachusetts. My Deep Hope for my students and myself is to courageously explore and do… Read More
2024-02-08 14:09
What is a cairn?
A cairn is a human-made stack of stones raised for a significant purpose, usually to mark an important event or idea, or perhaps as a way to provide ancient directions or… Read More
2024-01-23 14:20
Emily Schwarz, a second-year teacher at Sioux Falls Christian in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, leads the high school Photography class. Her Deep Hope for herself and her students is that as we… Read More
2024-01-09 14:36
God is on the move in Christian education around the world. If that isn’t the most exciting statement that you’ve read lately, I’d like you to go back and read it again, al… Read More
2023-12-21 15:20
Season’s greetings from the Center for the Advancement of Christian Education (CACE)! It is our hope that this season finds you deeply embedded in the Story of the One sent from the Fa… Read More
2023-12-14 15:23
At the encouragement of some school leaders, in 2018 Erik Ellefsen did a brief evaluation of Christian head of school compensation called The Cost of Leadership: A Brief Inquiry into Head of… Read More
2023-12-06 14:15
The hot cup of freshly roasted Indonesian coffee is beside me, ready to be enjoyed. The kitchen where I brewed it has good plumbing. The toilet in the restroom down the hall flushes on comma… Read More
2023-11-30 14:17
Hannah Munnalall, first-year teacher at Surrey Christian School in Surrey, British Columbia, leads 9th Grade Science. Her Deep Hope for herself and her students is to cultivate God’s G… Read More
2023-11-21 17:31
“It’s the little things that make the big things possible.”
J. Willard Marriot
As I pressed the elevator button at the Fairfield Inn in West Covina, CA, this quotation… Read More
2023-11-07 14:12
In the heart of South Asia lies a remarkable institution, one that, for security reasons, cannot be named. This school operates under the radar, yet its impact resonates loudly, changing the… Read More
2023-11-01 13:26
In the 1981 slapstick comedy Stripes, Bill Murray leads a ragtag platoon onto the Basic Training parade ground in a quasi-military conga line in a last-ditch effort to graduate. After execut… Read More
2023-10-24 14:29
Helping students trade the false promises of Big Tech for lasting joy
We can remember a time before the Internet. They can’t.
I once spent a slow afternoon experiencing Age of Yo… Read More
2023-10-17 13:25
Anyone who knows me knows how much I love the Ryder Cup. For those unfamiliar, the Ryder Cup is a biennial golf competition that pits the U.S.A.’s 12-man team against a European team o… Read More
2023-10-10 14:14
Good governance requires good policy. A Christian school that has good governance will, of necessity, have good policy. Failure in governance is often related to a policy failure. This is no… Read More
2023-10-03 13:17
As part of my role as National Education Lead for Racial Justice for the Church of England, I have the privilege of visiting many schools across the nation. These visits grow my understandin… Read More
2023-09-26 13:29
Not counting the year when I tried to escape, I‘ve been a head of school for 43 years.
Five schools, three states, with an average tenure of seven years–until I accepted… Read More
2023-09-19 15:02
Part 1: Introduction
My wife Katie and I recently returned from a trip to Australia where we spoke at the Associated Christian Schools Leadership Summit near Brisbane. As we prepared to a… Read More
2023-09-12 13:28
Twenty-five years ago, on June 11, 1997, Michael Jordan scored 38 points in a crucial Game 5 playoff final over the Utah Jazz. In and of itself, this performance was not headline news: Micha… Read More
2023-09-06 15:40
One of my greatest joys has been visiting schools where colleagues and friends are faithfully addressing the needs of their communities. As part of multiple projects in the past five years… Read More
2023-08-29 13:30
Take a little journey with me if you will.
Let’s explore these questions:
If you truly experienced freedom, how would you know?What would you experience?What would be absent?What… Read More
2023-08-22 13:13
Imagine igniting a thirst for learning in every student–inspiring a drive for critical thinking, creativity, and self-discipline. Connecting deeply with students on subjects they may f… Read More
2023-08-15 14:05
Teacher Takeaways from The Art of Gathering
Most good educators want their classrooms to go beyond ordinary: we want them to be extraordinary. Don’t we all want our classes to be me… Read More
2023-07-07 14:47
Every summer it was the same. After graduation I would crash for a week or two out of sheer exhaustion, binging on ice cream and whatever TV shows I hadn’t had time to watch the last t… Read More
2023-04-20 13:15
Should Christian parents send their kids to public school? This topic has received considerable attention on Twitter in light of The Gospel Coalition (TGC) debate between Jonathan Pennington… Read More
2023-04-06 13:22
Last year, my wife and I prayed about whether to resume the Deeper Learning in Christian Schools Institute after a two-year COVID interruption. Joanna received a word from God that we were t… Read More
2023-03-23 13:14
I can remember the speech given at my high school graduation. Can you? I typically find that I’m a rarity in remembering anything about my graduation ceremony, much less the speech giv… Read More
2023-03-15 13:26
One of my favorite leadership books is a story about an imaginary colony of penguins.
The main character, Fred, is a particularly observant penguin who discovers that the colony’s i… Read More
2023-03-09 15:32
As people continue to move forward after the pandemic, many are raising new questions about the values and distinctions of in-person community versus online community. Churches are won… Read More
2023-03-02 14:43
During the pandemic many families, educational programs, and schools made a sudden and desperate conversion to bring K-12 completely online. Their efforts deserve our highest appreciation an… Read More
2023-02-23 15:22
In the first post in this series about online learning, we explored the following questions:
How can I evaluate the quality of a program?
How is the program structured?
In t… Read More
2023-02-16 14:24
If you are a school administrator, educator, or parent, you have likely been bombarded with information about online learning since the pandemic. There are so many programs that it feels tem… Read More
2022-12-20 16:41
My classroom was buzzing with an energetic discussion of a hotly debated social topic when a back-row student confidently raised her hand. When I called upon her, she sharply protested anoth… Read More
2022-12-13 14:46
As difficult as the past few years have been, Christian schools met the challenge, went above and beyond to serve their families, and continued to flourish. A new report from ACSI… Read More
2022-10-04 13:26
Zion’s Heart
Zion is a tender-hearted five-year-old who is empathetic and has a heart that beats with joy. Since he was born, my husband and I have prayed that he would have a voice… Read More
2022-09-20 13:55
One morning at the beginning of 2014, I went to a teacher in-service that forever changed the way that I view Christian education. Doug Monsma led that year around the new Teaching for… Read More
2022-09-15 13:27
Diagnosis
In 2019, when my daughter Reese was in kindergarten, she was suddenly and unexpectedly diagnosed with type 1 diabetes on a Friday in March. We spent the weekend in a local child… Read More
2022-09-06 14:44
On August 25, 2022, Education Week published a piece titled “Most Parents Don’t Want Their Kids to Become Teachers, Poll Finds.” The 2022 PDK International poll found that… Read More
2022-08-30 17:58
Parents have always had a vested interest in their children’s education. Public policy should fiercely defend the right of parents to choose an education for their children because par… Read More
2022-07-25 23:29
One of the best pieces of advice I can give to new teachers is the need to be flexible. A flexible disposition has always been essential in an effective teacher. Teachers adjust, shift, and… Read More
2022-06-28 16:36
We often hear about the importance of collaboration when it comes to effective leadership. One way of viewing collaboration is through the lens of Steward Leadership—a distinctly Chris… Read More
2022-06-01 14:13
In celebrations such as the Engage gathering (Fall 2021), it would be easy for attendees to slip into a self-congratulatory mode around the accomplishments of the last 150 years arising from… Read More
2022-05-24 14:58
Sundays are my favorite holidays.
New Year’s Day, Easter, even Christmas pale in comparison. Unlike other holidays, particularly those of the man-made variety, the Sabbath is a trad… Read More
2022-05-17 13:00
Now that we appear to be on the downward slope of a 2 1/2 year pandemic, it is interesting to consider the impact it has had on Christian schools. While the long-term effects on education ar… Read More
2022-05-04 14:52
It is a risk to try new things, to move in new directions, to love that deeply. But we have reached a time in history where by not innovating we are running a greater risk than staying our c… Read More
2022-04-26 13:30
From 2016 -2020, my family and I served in ministry at Concordia International School in Shanghai, China. While we thoroughly enjoyed our experience there, we didn’t really enjoy the l… Read More
2022-04-20 16:04
It is a risk to try new things, to move in new directions, to love that deeply. But we have reached a time in history where by not innovating we are running a greater risk than staying our c… Read More
2022-04-07 13:08
At our recent Engage conference, two friends from “inside” Calvinist Reformed day school education addressed us in keynote speeches: Dr. Neal Plantinga and Ron Polinder. Growing… Read More
2022-03-29 21:34
On March 7 and 8, an intrepid band of seeker/explorers met in San Diego to engage in school site visits and attend exploratory workshops at our latest Christian Deeper Learning conference (C… Read More
2022-03-15 15:02
One of Reformed Christianity’s strengths lies in its persisting effort to fathom what the faith implies for the various dimensions of life.
–James D. Bratt
Th… Read More
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