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Christian Schools
Christian Teacher of the Year: Dr. John McWilliams uses nature to reveal God’s invisible attributes

With creation as his science classroom, Dr. John McWilliams lets God do most of the talking, despite the teacher’s vast experience and soothing south Arkansas drawl. The briefly retired biology… Read More

September 10, 2024
Christian Schools
Basketball legend keeps promise to give $1 million to Catholic girls’ school

Former NBA star Charles Barkley is following through with his promise to donate $1 million to a Catholic girls’ high school after two students cracked a 2,000-year-old trigonometry problem. “We… Read More

September 9, 2024
Christian Schools
Christian Teacher of the Year: Like Jesus, Courtney Warren ‘washes the feet’ of her students so they will go out and do the same 

For Courtney Warren, Christian education is the best way to cultivate both the mind and the soul of children, in what she likens to Jesus washing his disciples’ feet. “I’m… Read More

September 5, 2024
Christian Schools
SchoolBox is launching schools, changing Christian educational landscape

It’s growing by leaps and bounds, with no end in sight. SchoolBox, an online program of the Herzog Foundation to help founders launch new Christian schools,… Read More

September 3, 2024
Christian Schools
Christian Teacher of the Year: Lucas Vieira instills wisdom of past to shape minds, souls of students

Lucas Vieira hopes his students “fill their soul cupboards” with the wisdom of the past and Scripture that is “good and true and beautiful.” Indeed, Vieira’s passion to build up… Read More

August 26, 2024
Christian Schools
Christian Teacher of the Year: Jayme Reese radiates empathy, love, inspiring it in students

Popular PBS painter Bob Ross had his “happy little accidents,” but for Jayme Reese, teaching includes intentional projects that sometimes pay off in a big way. Reese, who teaches middle… Read More

August 19, 2024
Christian Schools
Christian Teacher of the Year: Jennifer Tonkinson prepares junior high students to live biblically through Orwell-inspired teamwork

Jennifer Tonkinson knows firsthand the importance of avoiding “groupthink,” especially for middle-school classrooms at Valley Christian Schools (VCS) in Chandler, Arizona. Instead of allowing students to settle in cozy cliques,… Read More

August 16, 2024
Christian Schools
After flooding takes out Iowa Christian school, community rallies to bring it back

From being five feet underwater to like new on the inside, Rock Valley Christian School is experiencing quite a transformation. The smalltown private school in northwest Iowa suffered near-total destruction… Read More

August 13, 2024
Christian Schools
Christian Teacher of the Year: Erin Seitz uses art to ‘serve others and share the good news of Jesus’

Even though Erin Seitz had felt a calling to be a Christian art teacher since 5th grade, she didn’t think it was possible given the path she was on. “I… Read More

August 12, 2024
Christian Schools
Former Christian Teacher of the Year Brook Stewart wins Texas-wide ag award

Christian school ag teacher Brooke Stewart keeps piling up the awards. Stewart, who won the Herzog Foundation’s 2023 Christian Teacher of the Year Award for her… Read More

July 30, 2024
Christian Schools
Wisconsin district refuses to sell empty building to Catholic school, faces legal action

A Wisconsin school district is facing legal action for refusing to sell a vacant building to a Catholic school. The Marinette School District (MSD) has allowed its former Garfield Elementary… Read More

July 8, 2024
Culture
10 ways to combat the summer slide in your kids’ education

As summer vacation continues, parents can feel pressure to occupy children with as many activities as possible – the more learning involved, the better! How can families navigate the tension… Read More

July 1, 2024
Culture
Catholic college president condemns cancel culture after Harrison Butker’s speech

The mission of Catholic higher education, which goes back centuries, fundamentally opposes cancel culture. That’s according to President Stephen Minnis of Benedictine College in Atchison, Kansas, where Chiefs kicker Harrison… Read More

June 19, 2024
Christian Schools
Private and parochial schools produce better citizens than public schools, new research finds

The movement to establish public schools in America was based around a simple idea, namely that a widely educated populus would benefit the nation by being better citizens. Horace Mann,… Read More

April 22, 2024
Christian Schools
‘Choice lifted all boats’: Catholic school enrollment rockets in Florida on parental choice 

While traditional public school enrollment declines nationwide, Florida’s expanding school choice options have Catholic enrollment zooming in the Sunshine State. That’s according to experts at one Florida scholarship program,… Read More

April 19, 2024
Opinion
‘We found God’: How the opportunity for Christian education led my family from atheism to Jesus

Wikipedia states that divine intervention is an event that occurs when a deity, God, becomes actively involved in changing some situation in human affairs. This couldn’t be truer for our… Read More

April 10, 2024
Christian Schools
‘Zero findings. Not a single one’: State audit says Grand Canyon University innocent despite ongoing federal suit

Grand Canyon University has been cleared of wrongdoing by multiple state agencies while still facing a $37 million fine from the Biden administration. The Arizona State Approving Agency, a branch… Read More

April 8, 2024
Opinion
Christian schools should prepare financially for school choice

The school choice movement is gaining momentum across the country, making private Christian education accessible to many families for the first time. According to research from EdChoice,… Read More

April 3, 2024
Christian Schools
K-12 Catholic education is thriving, new report reveals

During the nationwide resurgence of Christian education, Catholic schools are celebrating their continued success. A report from the National Catholic Educational Association (NCEA) on 2023-24 enrollment… Read More

March 28, 2024
Christian Schools
Missouri Christian school 7th grader named county spelling bee champ

St. Joseph Christian School seventh-grader Owen Herzog took top honors in the Buchanan County, Missouri spelling bee Feb. 3. Herzog was named spelling bee champion after out-spelling 100 students from… Read More

February 14, 2024