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Christian Schools
Herzog, YAF equip students to integrate faith, politics

They’re young, equipped and ready to effect change. Seventy high school seniors from across the country gathered in Kansas City last week for the first Faith & Nation, a four-day… Read More

November 11, 2024
Christian Schools
Christian Teacher of the Year: Every school should start with a kindergarten teacher like Mari Koester. Here’s why

Straight from the experts, here are the first three steps to starting a successful Christian school:  Do a market assessment. Define your school identity. Get yourself a Mari Koester to… Read More

September 26, 2024
Christian Schools
Christian Teacher of the Year: Christian education may be ‘the last light left on’ for America, says Julie Pickard, while making sure it shines brightly

Julie Pickard is the middle school teacher every Christian parent dreams of: a loving mentor, eager to help budding youth embrace and take ownership of their faith. It helps that… Read More

September 23, 2024
Christian Schools
Christian Teacher of the Year: Big-picture thinking, prayerful meditation, help Staci Hadel forge snug bond with students, families

Imagine asking a 7-year-old to engage in prayerful meditation. A little dicey, right? Now try it with a couple dozen of them at once. Well, 2nd grade teacher Staci Hadel… Read More

September 19, 2024
Christian Schools
Christian Teacher of the Year: Rachel Burrow turns heads with ability to inspire students’ love of God, country

How many Americans today have even read the Federalist Papers, much less talked about them at dinner parties? How many on the street could even say what they are? As… Read More

September 17, 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: Jacob Baker deftly steers students through jagged straits of science, faith

That frightful day his public school was closing for COVID, teacher Jacob Baker organized an impromptu prayer session for any staff who wanted to stop by his classroom on the… Read More

August 27, 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
Culture
Herzog Foundation ambassadors attend conservative women’s leadership retreat in Boston

A weekend retreat in Boston allowed three of the Herzog Foundation’s newest ambassadors to meet like-minded women, explore American history, and think critically about challenging topics such as human trafficking… Read More

August 12, 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
Culture
Riley Gaines captivates Missouri crowd with fierce advocacy for women’s sports

How is it that 24-year-old former collegiate swimming star Riley Gaines, with her endearing and disarming demeanor, so easily and frequently makes grown men cry? And when she walks into… Read More

July 26, 2024
Homeschools
HF Homeschool launches to simplify starting a co-op

Homeschool co-ops, in which homeschool families meet to educate their students, have blossomed across the United States in recent years. Starting such a group just became easier, now that the Herzog… Read More

March 19, 2024
Christian Schools
Former AG Bill Barr: School choice, Christian education are crucial to religious liberty, restoring a culture no longer hostile to traditional values

Decades after his Christian school upbringing, former U.S. Attorney General Bill Barr tracked down the teacher at Corpus Christi elementary in New York who meant the most to him, just… Read More

October 2, 2023
Christian Schools
Christian Teacher of the Year: Brooke Stewart is pioneering an agriculture program for Christian education, making hard work cool again

Agriculture and Christian education don’t always go together. But they should. Just ask Brooke Stewart, who teaches agriculture science at Victory Christian Academy in Decatur, Texas. “It’s more than cows,… Read More

September 29, 2023
Christian Schools
Christian Teacher of the Year: Sarah Murphy finds her mission in the classroom, blending faith and learning with personal responsibility

When Sarah Murphy followed in her mother’s footsteps and became a teacher, she assumed she would teach in a public school. “I really thought my mission would be public,” Murphy… Read More

September 29, 2023
Christian Schools
Christian Teacher of the Year: English teacher Cheryl Crouch challenges students to ‘be a thinker, don’t just take the easy way out’

Cheryl Crouch has been a high school English teacher for 13 years, but the skills she seeks to instill in her students are timeless. “As an English teacher, [I hope]… Read More

September 28, 2023
Christian Schools
Christian Teacher of the Year: Tanya Dallmeyer helps her students start each day with a bang, or a box, while encouraging them toward faith and service

Veteran teacher Tanya Dallmeyer decided some time ago to depart from conventional morning routines in her classroom and take a creative approach to start the day. “For years, my students… Read More

September 28, 2023
Christian Schools
Christian Teacher of the Year: Nurse-turned-teacher Janelle Rupp helps students understand their God-given identity

Janelle Rupp hadn’t planned to be a teacher. Raised in a Christian family, she felt called by God to be a nurse – a calling she followed for nearly two… Read More

September 27, 2023
Christian Schools
Christian Teacher of the Year: Bruce Hoover steps right out of history to take his students back there, all the while pointing to God

Bruce Hoover looks every bit the time traveler he is. And why not? The bearded, bespectacled American history teacher at Anchor Christian Academy in Lancaster, Pennsylvania,… Read More

September 27, 2023