Top Ten Books for This Summer to Remind You What Rocks About Reading
1. Fleischman, Paul. Whirligig. New York: Macmillan, 1998. My friend Kim has recently returned to the joy of reading. This one is especially […]
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Understanding and Overcoming Self-Harm
This article first appeared in the Fall 2014 Shalem Digest, published by the Shalem Mental Health Network. It is reprinted here with […]
Effective Assessment Practices: Tools that Lead to Learning
As long as there have been schools, teachers have been in the business of assessing student work. Do we have a common […]
Developing Self-Assessment through Project-Based Learning
Well-developed self-assessment skills are not only a vital tool for improving student learning, but also a lifelong tool for growth beyond the […]
Shifting from the “Bucket-o-Points” to “Big Ideas” Assessment
The idea of assigning a letter as a way to measure student learning is kind of bizarre if you really think about […]
Service Learning: Developing a Lifestyle of Service
Service, community service, and service learning are buzzwords that describe the good work of lending a hand to meet the needs of […]
The School House Rock
Some of you may have the wrong impression. First you’ll notice there are no bold primary colors or catchy tunes in this […]
Who Is Influencing Your Kids?
Imagine you are with the same group of people during thirteen very impressionable years of your life. They influence your thinking for […]
A Practical Approach to Christian Teaching: One Million Helpful Tips
The following list is in random order, allowing the reader to create opinions easily and to glean any wisdom quickly. 1. Be […]
How I Came to Christian Education and What Teaching Christianly Means to Me
I’ve always joked that I landed my first teaching job in a Christian high school because I had supper with my sister-in-law’s […]