Articles on this page are intended to provide perspectives on education and the Christian school community and may be adapted from ACSI publications or other sources of interest.

Flourishing Christian Schools

Which elements contribute to the culture of a flourishing christian school and do some elements matter more than others?

Thankfulness in the classroom

Thankfulness is an attitude that we develop on purpose! How are you developing thankfulness in your life and in your student's lives?

Mind Shift

In a time of precipitous and unprecedented change, educators are being called upon to do more than perhaps ever before.

Prepared to Lead

Being "Prepared to Lead" - At SLC, everyone received an important message: Build strategically on the formation of Christian youth.

Service-Learning in the Christian School

Service-learning is a teaching strategy that connects classroom learning with meaningful, authentic service in the community.

Draw Families In

What attracts families to a Christian school? Although many families in our communities may have a choice of good schools for their children, some have chosen our Christian schools.

Changing Instructional Culture

Changing Instructional Culture: A New Principal’s List of Do’s and Don’ts is a call for school leaders to carefully plan for and invest in professional development for their teaching staff. This was written for the ACSI blog by Thelma Ensink, principal at Calvin Christian Middle and High Schools, Michigan.

Expected Student Outcomes

If you aim for nothing, you will hit it every time. To develop meaningful student outcomes, we must prioritize both process and content.

Innovation and Missional Faithfulness

With over 25 countries represented by GCSLS attendees, our political, cultural, and societal contexts certainly differ across the world, but our mission as believers does not—to engage in the Great Commission, and to fulfill the Greatest Commandment.

Two Skills Every Student Needs

Almost every educator I interact with these days faces a tension between two realities ...
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Recognizing the Problem of Sin

The foundational, yet often overlooked, reality is the way sin impacts both teaching and learning. As school leaders, we cannot view education merely as the transfer of knowledge or the development of skills. Education is always moral and spiritual, shaped either by truth that comes from God or by distortions introduced by sin.

ACSI Europe Online Prayer

Join Christian school leaders from across the Europe region for a time of prayer, fellowship and encouragement. This group meets on Zoom the 2nd Thursday each month at 13:00 CET to focus our attention on God's presence and provision for His work through global Christian education.

Education as an Affirmation of Identity

Here we explore one of the most pressing issues facing Christian schools today: how we understand and communicate identity and purpose. Our role as school leaders is to help students discover who they are and why they are here, according to God’s Word, and to ensure that our school culture and curriculum reflect this foundational truth.

Rediscovering the Glory of God through Education

We live in a universe crafted by the Word of God. This foundation invites us to view education not as man’s attempt to impose meaning, but as an invitation to uncover the meaning already embedded in creation—Truth, Beauty, and Goodness.