For 100 days in 1994 more than one million Rwandans were killed in a genocide by their own neighbors. How could such a horrific killing come about? Patrick Twagirayesu survived in a refugee camp and returned to bury the dead in his home country as he preached the gospel. Patrick knew that it was the…
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Brooke Hempell is the VP of Research for the Barna Group. Their latest research (due out in January 2018) examines the “Gen Z” generation now in K-12 schools. This generation was born after the Millennials and is a large, diverse and misunderstood population. Brooke presents the latest findings and comments on the impact and opportunities…
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There are a lot of reasons to love classical Christian education, but is it really best for every family and child? Are there some folks who would actually do better with something else? Monica Whatley, author of Shaping Hearts and Minds, shares nine reasons why it is NOT for everyone. THE BACK SIDE: Want to…
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Knowing and loving the Bible is something Christian parents know is critical for the spiritual well-being of their children. Yet in a “sound bite” culture, why do we need to “hide God’s word in our heart” if we can hide it on our device? Why memorize Scripture? Cognitive development — sure, but it really is…
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Greg Wilson and Lisa Irving joined Bruce Flanagan in Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam to help him do just that. Bruce spent 26 years in various capacities — businessman, missionary, church planter — in Vietnam because of his love for the Vietnamese people and desire to share the gospel there. After many years…
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We live in a world that celebrates mediocrity and egalitarianism, where no one can judge anyone, and anyone’s truth is as good as anyone else’s. A classical Christian school that proclaims Truth, Goodness, and Beauty, and expects excellence in all aspects of life, is at risk of attracting parents and students who fall prey to…
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Alex Macdonald began his journey into education teaching in a grammar school in New York. He spent years working with charter schools, pioneering efforts with technology and education, and also worked with an educational service provider, assisting charter schools around the nation. He worked for a season at the Department of Education overseeing various reform…
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Luke Davis up and moved from sunny Florida to the center of the city in Seattle, Washington, with his wife and four young children, with the specific purpose of running a classical Christian school and raising his kids. Luke knew that people, throughout the world, are leaving suburban areas and heading back into the cities. This makes…
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Modern education is an education in anxiety. Teaching has largely become a technical trade designed to instill efficiently in students a volume of information so that students will prove their knowledge using quantifiable testing data. And most school days are made up of rapid fire classes of often disconnected subjects. Most students today end up…
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Today younger and younger aged children carry with them a one-eyed Cyclops screen monster, called a “smart phone” that can immediately connect a young person not only to their parents and positive resources, but in the swipe of a finger to some of the darkest and most addicting dangers ever presented in the history of…
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