So Little Time for So Many Books: Or Hey Jan, Don’t Quit Your Day Job
For this column, we are going to take a break from the Bedlam gang and hear some books that columnist Jan Kaarsvlam […]
Issue: April 2015
Watching Cardinals, Tasting Words, and Savoring Slowness
“The quality of mercy is not strained. It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven upon the place beneath.” These words, from […]
A Sheep in Wolf’s Clothing: A Reading Lesson
“We will do anything to keep the wolves of insignificance from our door.” —Saul Bellow His name was Charlie. He was a […]
Teaching to Justice, Citizenship, and Civic Virtue
I have benefitted from the writing and teaching Calvin education professor emerita Gloria Stronks for many years. She has written a number […]
The Cross and Gendercide
The good news of the gospel is never more jarring than when put alongside the raw facts of human suffering, yet that […]
Nuts and Bolts of Inclusive Education
Newman, Barbara J. Nuts and Bolts of Inclusive Education. Grand Rapids, MI: Christian Learning Center, 2013. This book, published by Christian Learning […]
Death Before the Fall
Ronald Osborne begins the book with a vivid account of his experience growing up as a child of missionary parents in Zimbabwe. […]
Leaders of Their Own Learning
Entering the grade 5/6 classroom in New Covenant School in Arlington, Massachusetts, you need to look very closely to spot the teacher. […]
Future Wise
It’s a decision that is made every day, every hour, and every minute teachers are in the classroom as they answer the […]
Deepening the Colors
When I was a child, I loved the sight of the flax field in bloom, and wondered how the soft blue of […]