How Do We Know What Works with the New Generations? An Invitational Behavior Framework
Bridging the Generational Divide: Navigating the Classroom in a Rapidly Changing World The classroom is not like it was when you were […]
Healthy and Honest Opportunities to Connect and Communicate with Parents
Our Why for Communication The definition of “communication,” according to Merriam-Webster, is “a process by which information is exchanged between individuals through […]
A Christian Community of Learners or a Christian Learning Community? How a Podcast Brought Us Together
It was a Tuesday afternoon in early September of 2021. I had only recently started working at Langley Christian School (LCS) when […]
The Great Debate: When Parents and Schools Disagree about Curricular Choices
By Lesley Dorhout, Laura Maxey, and Erin Conn Disagreement and misunderstanding over curricular choices present perhaps one of the greatest threats to […]
Out of the Helicopter, onto Common Ground
Intro: As parents seek more involvement in their child’s education, let us lay out the welcome mat and explore ways teachers and […]
Civic Hospitality and the Challenges of/to Pluralism
Nearly a decade ago, my university and our sibling seminary took an unconventional path to a prison-education program. We could have focused […]
Our Civics and God’s Hospitality
What makes a civics course “Christian”? While there are an infinite number of ways in which a teacher might approach such a […]
Teaching and Learning Civic Hospitality: Where Do We Start?
This essay first appeared in Christian Teachers Journal volume 31 issue 1 and is reproduced here by permission. In too many contexts […]
The Litter Principal
The War on Litter The commentary surrounding the war on litter continues to make headline news and impacts school curriculum. To grab […]
Rooted Schools: How to Be Present
This is a bonus article that does not appear in the print issue. It is included here in its entirety. We owned […]