Beware the Rex’s March, or It’s All Greek to Me
“The books are here!” English teacher Christina Lopez shouted excitedly as she pushed through the faculty lounge door. She held a brown […]
Issue: February 2013
Transformational Teaching
Al Boerema began the conversation by asking the panel members to reflect on the tension between the standards/accountability movement that has taken […]
Welcome Back
To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under heaven . . . —Ecclesiastes 3:1 Welcome back! Now […]
Spaces Where Learners Flourish
Spaces where learners flourish are spaces of discovery and possibility, where imagination and creativity are nurtured, where learners engage deeply and meaningfully […]
My Journey to Project-Based Learning
Three Days into My Teaching Career, 1994 Twenty-nine students dutifully pulled out a worksheet. Words like erosion, deposition, and alluvial spilled into […]
Project-Based Learning and Gardening
Like most teachers, I have asked students to work on projects in my classes. The idea of having students make and create […]
Adventures in Project-Based Learning
I figured it would be a pretty easy thing to do. About eight years ago, I began teaching a college course called […]
Project-Based Learning: Culture-Making for Shalom Communities
A Vision for Education Education reform has been a hot topic in North America for many years. In 2011, Barack Obama focused […]
Christian Education: Authentic and Sticky
Four things have become clearer to me in recent years. First, Christian schools must be distinctively different. Second, the engagement of the […]
Editorial
Thoughtful Christian educators, realizing that they live and work in a rapidly changing world, are constantly looking for ways to improve the […]