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Public Education
Amazon ‘teacher of the year’ under fire after showing pro-terror photos of Hamas  

An Amazon.com teacher of the year has caused an uproar by sharing a branded image of a Hamas paragliding militant.   One such heavily armed group paraglided… Read More

October 17, 2023
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
Christian Schools
Christian Teacher of the Year: Joseph Cox takes his students to ‘court’ to put their faith on trial, preparing them for college and life

The resurrection of Jesus Christ is the linchpin of the Christian faith. So how do you teach Christian school students to believe and defend it? Put the belief on trial. Read More

September 26, 2023
Christian Schools
Christian Teacher of the Year: Ashley Skinner innovates at school her family started generations before

Ashley Skinner may not have thought she would one day be laminating and lesson planning at a Christian school, just as she had watched her mother and grandmother faithfully do… Read More

September 25, 2023
Christian Schools
Christian Teacher of the Year: Mark Newman has students view today’s news and toughest topics through the lens of scripture

It seems as if everyone’s trying to put his or her own spin on the lunacy and lewdness that is the news of today. Mark Newman chooses to put current… Read More

September 25, 2023
Christian Schools
Christian Teacher of the Year: Kyle Rapinchuk’s students tasked with planning churches from scratch, seeing God in history’s great books

The global nonprofit Junior Achievement teaches students how to turn an idea into a business. Dr. Kyle Rapinchuk teaches his students how to turn their religious beliefs into a church. Read More

September 12, 2023
Christian Schools
Christian Teacher of the Year: Bible teacher Jake Kounter explains why there’s nothing more exciting than biblical education

Jake Kounter loves seeing the gospel come alive in the lives of his students. As the Bible teacher at Immanuel Christian High School in Virginia, Kounter works with students who… Read More

September 8, 2023
Christian Schools
Christian Teacher of the Year: Science teacher Diane Carter uses ‘Creature Feature’ to help students look through creation to see the Creator

Imagine walking out of a building and finding a crowd of people looking up at something. What do you do? You join them, of course. “You always look at what… Read More

September 5, 2023