Month: February 2019

The Ripple Effect: Hope Spreads When You Plant Classical Christian Schools in the Inner City – Russ Gregg

What does a Classical Christian School have to do with loving your neighbor as yourself? Head of School, Russ Gregg, shares how starting Hope Academy in his inner city neighborhood was ultimately a matter of justice and a matter of love. And the results have had a rippling effect throughout his community and beyond. God…

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Step Boldly into Your Child’s Emotional World – Keith McCurdy

Emotions are the leading indicator of how young people see themselves today. But when parents and educators dismiss emotions altogether as unreliable and even dangerous, fireworks can ignite. Should we step into the emotional world of a child? And how? In this episode, Counselor Keith McCurdy offers parents and teachers sound advice about shaping your…

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Away with Widgets! How Classical Christian Schools Shape Persons, not Placeholders – Dr. Roy Atwood

The classical model served civilization for almost 1,000 years and produced extraordinary minds and developments in our history globally. Today, pragmatism and the desire to prepare students for jobs often seems to rule educational institutions. Indeed, today’s schools often create students who are more like widgets! This approach often leads parents to ask the wrong…

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Evidence That Classical Christian Schools Excel at Spiritual Formation – Dr. Tim Dernlan

Are all Christian schools created equal when it comes to the spiritual formation of kids? Our guest, Dr. Tim Dernlan, researched this important question and gathered the hard data to prove a difference between classical Christian schools and non-classical, or modern, Christian schools. Tune in to hear the results of this rigorous doctoral study…and what…

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