Thoughts on Teams

Paul NealThe CACE Roundtable1 Comment

Teams

Regardless of the purpose or setting, effective teams have certain things in common. A successful team is not only more productive and more likely to accomplish the objectives, but the task is more gratifying and more likely to draw people into teamwork again.

The Inefficiencies We Need

Charles EvansThe CACE RoundtableLeave a Comment

Traditional wisdom suggests that effective production and use of technology drives costs down. The more we make of something, and the better we get at it, the cheaper it becomes to produce and buy. But what if a thing or an experience, if done well, exceeding the expectation of the consumer and contributing lifelong value, can only become more inefficient? And how does this affect faith-based schools?

Seven MindShift Principles for Christian Education

Dr. Lynn SwanerThe CACE RoundtableLeave a Comment

Mindshift

MindShift: Catalyzing Change in Christian Education features insights from 17 authors on how Christian schools can provide a more deeply and authentically Christian education, reach our neighbors with Christ’s story of love and hope, and catalyze the growth of the Church and the Kingdom into the future. After its release, some of the authors worked together to develop seven principles for Christian educators. Which ones resonate in your experience?

Redeeming the Value of Higher Education

Albert ChengThe CACE RoundtableLeave a Comment

What outcomes do private religious institutions deliver? What are graduates of these institutions looking for in their education and in their vocations? Albert Cheng breaks down a recent study of these questions and looks at what the results say about the value of Higher Education.

Our Participation in Beauty

Dan BeerensThe CACE RoundtableLeave a Comment

This time of year can be a struggle. Many of us would consider these months to be the least beautiful and a time of the school year when tempers run the shortest until spring break mercifully comes along. Now is perhaps the most appropriate time to stop, reflect, and consider the idea that we are participants in the cause of … Read More

The Third Way

Steven LevyThe Teachers' Lounge, UncategorizedLeave a Comment

The dualistic mind, upon which most of us were taught to rely, is simply incapable of the task of creating unity. It automatically divides reality into binary opposites and does almost all its thinking inside of this highly limiting frame. It dares to call this choosing of sides “thinking” because that is all it knows how to do! “Really good” … Read More

Expand Your World – January 2020

Erik EllefsenExpand Your WorldLeave a Comment

Many of us in America are closely watching the presidential campaigns. On January 14 was the last Democratic presidential debates before the primaries, and it can be difficult to determine whom to vote for in the primaries or general elections. However, we know that in Education, local and state elections often have more of an impact on our schools than … Read More

Third Thoughts on Curiosity

Richard EdlinThe Teachers' Lounge1 Comment

When one of my grandsons comes to stay, you can be sure that among the first books he plucks off the bookshelf and curls up on the couch to read is How Things Work. He has a delightful curiosity in how aspects of the created order function (such as photosynthesis or the limbic system) or how human re-creations operate (such … Read More