education

Embracing Learning Differences in Classical Christian Schools ~ Leslie Collins

How do children with learning challenges fare in classical Christian schools? And how should CCE schools respond to the special needs of children and families? Leslie Collins has worked within special education for years, both in public and private schools, and her response may surprise you. Learn about the framework and infrastructure that she recommends…

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What Our Kids Love Most

Parenting at it’s most basic level is guiding the next generation to love what God loves. Pastor John Piper has built his ministry around the transformative idea that God is most glorified when we are most satisfied in Him. Scott Anderson, CEO of Piper’s Desiring God Ministries, inspires parents in the practical ways to desire…

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Helping Teens Find Purpose in an Age of Anxiety and Depression

What is the one core life ingredient that every person must have? Without it teenagers can become susceptible to depression, anxiety and even suicide. But with it, a person is more likely to live in confidence, despite the challenges around him or her. And in particular, how does a school environment add to or take…

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Two Ways to Evaluate a School (Whether Online or Brick and Mortar)

Online learning is a growing alternative to brick and mortar schools. There are lots of advantages to learning outside a traditional classroom, but there are limits to this form of education that may not be obvious. In the midst of all the hype and excitement of learning digitally, here are two litmus tests to help…

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1 Million Dead in 100 Days – Education as a Killing Machine

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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Anxiety Free Learning and Living

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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Four years that stick with you for life

What questions should you be considering when evaluating colleges today? What are some of the myths and realities surrounding degrees and careers and where those lead? What kinds of skills should your child learn in four years that will really stick with them and push them toward leadership positions? College president Ben Merkle helps answer…

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K-12 and then to college. Who made this up? Does it even make sense?

John Mark Reynolds is a self professed rule breaker. From his West Virginia upbringings and hard work ethic, he isn’t afraid to innovate and press assumed boundaries.  He insists we shouldn’t do weird experiments on our kids by just dropping them into a prescribed K-12 and college education formula without understanding its history and if it is right…

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The Princeton Graduate Unhinged by a 5-Year Old

Howe Whitman was a young dad with a five-year old. He had a prestigious Princeton diploma on the wall and had earned an MBA from The Wharton School (which US News and World Report ranks as the top business program in the country). The world was at his door and he had the education that…

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