Tag: education
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Our Teachers are Nuts
(by Geoff Brown) Well, I’m just gonna call it. We’re far enough into the year, just weeks from finishing, and you know it’s true too. Our teachers are nuts. C.S. Lewis explained their particular brand of insanity best when he described a scene wherein everyone within a crowd was running in the same direction. And,…
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School Choice is Working
(by Geoff Brown) It’s working. Simply stated, it’s working. No debate about it. And, as a result, school choice can no longer be a right vs. left, conservative vs. liberal, Republican vs. Democrat issue. It is a fundamentally true, clearly demonstrable, non-partisan reality. In the short time since signed into law, school choice, as realized…
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Second Graders and Dental Work: A Good Idea?
(by Geoff Brown) On the window to my office, I like to hang challenging math puzzles for our elementary students. They are not easy but if a student is the first to find a solution, I reward them with a big box of candy. This week, a second grader and I are standing outside, looking…
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Who are the Heroes that we Celebrate within our Homes?
(by Geoff Brown) Admittedly, I have not always had a knack for choosing my heroes. When I was around ten years old, the ABC-produced television program “Starsky and Hutch” ran for four seasons at 9:00pm on Wednesday nights. My parents, who until this day remain unmatched in their “coolness”, not only allowed a Starsky and…
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Pursuing His Purpose: Guiding Students toward their God-Given Calling
(by Samantha Maszton) As educators and parents, God has entrusted us with the incredible responsibility of shaping our children both academically and spiritually. In that spirit, as part of the partnership between Northwest Christian and your family, the mission of Northwest Christian School is to provide a Bible-based program of education that enables students to…
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Ensure Your Child’s Success by Letting Them Struggle
Most parents may not be forking over a hundred grand to fake their child’s SAT score, but they’re doing something that I, as an educator, find concerning and harmful: eliminating as much struggle for their children as possible.
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Pharisee, Sadducee, Essene, or Zealot: Which Are You?
I was substitute teaching in a high school bible class and the topic I was charged to present dealt with the four religious sects of Judaism in the first century, during the time of Jesus’ earthly ministry. But, as I began to articulate the names of the Jewish groups, I could immediately see that my…
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Why University Bound Christians Should Study Creationism
If Darwinian evolution sends so many young Christians into a faith crisis, why are we allowing them to enter adulthood completely unequipped to counter the claims of Darwin and defend what the bible teaches about creation?
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Delightful and Truthful: Nails and Goads Part 2.
Part 2. Ecclesiastes 12:10-11 says, “The Preacher sought to find words of delight, and uprightly he wrote words of truth. The words of the wise are like goads, and like nails firmly fixed are the collected sayings; they are given by one shepherd.” As mentioned in Part 1 of this blog, this passage can help…
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Delightful and Truthful Words: Nails and Goads Part 1
Biblical worldview immersion goes beyond the content we’re transmitting to our students. It is also a way of teaching and being in the classroom.
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