How Can Schools Respond to Enrollment Increases? Bradley Dunn, Valley Christian School

Blog, Podcast, School Leadership, School Mission, Stewardship, The Teacher's Lounge | August 3, 2022

“I think that [enrollment increases in Christian schools are] going to last. When I talked about how we get the chance to pull back the curtain and show families who we are, the families that have come to us, all of these new ones, they have said over and over, I...

Initial Steps to Robust and Rigorous Curriculum Guides

Blog, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Mapping, Professional Development, School Culture, School Leadership, School Mission | June 21, 2022

Editor’s note: Dr. Long and her team at Long Educational Consulting, LLC, will be hosting a free webinar for Curriculum Trak schools on June 29, at 1:30 PM (Eastern) entitled “How to Successfully Launch and Sustain a Curriculum Mapping Effort.” Dr....

4 Essential Questions Our Graduates Must Be Able to Answer

Blog, Faith Learning, Reflection, School Culture, School Legacy, School Mission | June 14, 2022

I recently watched our class of 2022 walk across the graduation stage, and I asked myself as their senior Bible teacher if I had done enough to prepare them for the onslaught of anti-biblical ideologies they will surely face at the university level. My answer: I don’t...

If Someone Were to Ask You Why They Should Send Their Children to a Christian School, What Would You Say?

Blog, Faith Learning, Philosophy, School Culture, School Legacy, School Mission | June 7, 2022

Hiring someone to work at your Christian school is tricky business. You can look at the resume, the philosophy of education and the statement of faith, but the three pieces only really knit together when the applicant is sitting in front of you at an interview. At our...

Christian Education: An Alternative or a Standard?

Blog, School Culture, School Leadership, School Mission | May 19, 2022

I don’t know how often The New York Times features an article on Christian education, but they did this past October. They report that Christian schools across the country are booming. This February, The Grand Rapids Press reported similarly. Christian schools across...

Five Marks of a Robust Curriculum in a Faith-Based School

Articulated Curriculum, Blog, Curriculum Design, School Mission | March 23, 2022

All schools have academic excellence as their top priority, if not their main reason for existing. Faith-based schools have this too as their priority, an integral part of fulfilling their mission that goes beyond academic excellence. Hence, curriculum must be taken...