In this webinar Cardus Education Program Director, Dr. Elizabeth Green shares the results of the 2016 Education Survey, explains how that fits into prior research to give us an emerging picture of the distinctiveness of a Christian school graduate, and considers what this means for Christian school development and education policy. To get more information on Cardus and to download … Read More
Reflections on The Value of a College Education
Recently, one of our juniors asked me, “Do you think the value of a college degree is diminishing? Tuition is rising rapidly, and many college grads seem to have trouble finding jobs.” His question gave me pause. Each day I invite students into conversation about how important it is to give attention to existential (college as part of a pattern … Read More
A Look Back and a Look Ahead 2017
As 2017 begins I took a look back at our blogs since we started CACE to see what resonated with the CACE network. I have highlighted a few of the more popular blogs below as they are worth another read as we begin 2017. A Letter to my Daughter on Her Graduation from High School: This is a timeless piece … Read More
Christian School Identity and Disability: Questions of Faith and Community
It’s a wonder I didn’t quit before I even started. Fresh off from gaining my special education degree (in an era where the famous 94-142 federal bill now known as IDEA was just being implemented), my first job was to teach all the behavior disordered/emotionally disturbed 5th and 6th graders in a public, urban school district. The kids had been … Read More
The CACE Effect: Lessons from Deer Creek
Deer Creek’s story was similar to so many Christian schools’ in metropolitan areas around the country. The school was started by a church 25 years ago. There was a lot of excitement and passion. The school grew…quickly. Then, at about the 18 year mark, populations shifted, and the church moved. Enrollment declined. The budget was squeezed. Teachers took pay cuts. … Read More
Opportunity Costs of the Common Core, or Any System of High Stakes Test Accountability
One of the highlights for me in my work with EL Education is our annual national conference, and the highlight of the conference was always the keynote presentation from the students. Over the past few years we were enthused by 6th graders in Rochester, NY, with their proposal to revitalize the city by rewatering the Erie Canal; stirred by 8th … Read More
Amplifying Talent – Part II
In Amplifying Talent – Part I we shared some of Dr. Carrie Leana’s recent research which challenges the current ideology on school reform. I hope that the phrase school reform is not an offensive one to you. Rather, I hope that you embrace this phrase and consider a slight modification. School re-form, the act of continuously finding innovative (simply defined … Read More
CACE Study: Lessons from Score Group 1
Lessons that come easy are not lessons at all. They are gracious acts of luck. Yet lessons learned the hard way are lessons never forgotten (Don Williams, Jr.). In our recent webinar: CACE Study: Lessons from Score Group 1, the CACE Fellows and school leaders from Score Group 1 shared lessons learned in the areas of board governance and team … Read More
More Choices for Parents?
The US educational landscape moved into a new and potentially significant direction last week with the nomination of Betsy DeVos as Education Secretary in the new Trump Administration. Some in non-public (defined in various ways as parochial, or parent controlled, or private) education as well as those in charter schools were delighted with the choice, seeing the possibility that more … Read More
“We Got Next…”
With our apologies to the English teachers and English departments around the world for the title of this announcement, CACE is excited to reveal the next group of schools who will constitute Score Group II. The phrase “we got next”, at least to our knowledge, originated in the world of pick-up basketball. Groups of players forming a team to play … Read More