Stories for Community: Curriculum Planning
Stories nurture the forming of community (Vryhof xiii). Listening to stories about our school places students in a narrative, creating a sense […]
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 […]
Hospitality and Schools: Four Lenses
If we want to think about hospitality and schools, we might be tempted to go straight to questions of personal warmth. We […]
Found Families: An Idea for Blending Whole-Class Novels and Student Choice in Middle School and High School English Classrooms
The ideas in this article spring from three important identities I carry in my heart: reader, teacher, and child in the family […]
Ten Lessons Protestant Schools Can Learn from Our Catholic School Neighbors
During my first three years as an educator, I taught at a small Christian school connected to the church I attended. When […]
Integrating Christian Virtues into the Science Classroom
I used to tell my physics students that I would know I had done my job well if they left my class […]
Faith Journey: A Classroom Tool for Remembering Remembering and Forgetting
“Nearly two-thirds of U.S. 18–29-year-olds who grew up in church tell Barna they have withdrawn from church involvement as an adult after […]
Are You an Indiginest?
Northumberland Christian School (NCS) in Cobourg, Ontario, is uniquely positioned in proximity to the community of Alderville First Nation. For over twenty […]
Watch Your Step
“Watch your step,” we were told by our soft-spoken guide. And then a second time as we drew in close to see […]
An Interview with Two TfT Storytellers
The Center for the Advancement of Christian Education (CACE), an outreach arm of the education department at Dordt College, had a wonderful […]