What Story Is at the Heart of Our Schools?

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What if (Christian) education was primarily concerned with shaping our hopes and passions—our visions of the “good life”? What if the primary work of (Christian) education was the transforming of our imagination rather than the saturation of our intellect? What if we began by appreciating how education not only gets into our head but also (and more fundamentally) grabs us … Read More

Curriculum Introduction

Darryl DeBoerDeeper Learning

I remember the very day I read these “what if” statements for the first time in Jamie Smith’s book, Desiring the Kingdom. I was convicted – convicted to unlearn and relearn how to teach within this deep hope for learning in our Christian schools. Like most journeys that require ‘letting go of the old’ to make room ‘for the new,’ … Read More