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As graduates of segregation academies confront their pasts, the churches that helped create and sustain the schools must as well.
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Memphis Athletic Ministries for youth isn't just recreational and educational. It's incarnational.
The real aim of MAM isn’t to teach basketball to the 700 kids who show up every day. It is to build community and strengthen families by demonstrating God’s love.
By
David Waters
Journalist
David I. Smith: What being Christian has to do with how we teach
Formation happens not only from what students are taught but also from how they are taught, says a scholar of faith and learning. What are the implications for teachers who are Christian?
The House DC offers hot meals, a safe space and a sense of community to at-risk teens
A Christian after-school program in one of the District of Columbia’s most challenging neighborhoods gives students a sense of hope.
By
Andrew Kragie
Journalist
Christian school embraces design thinking to help form creative, empathetic citizens
Mount Vernon Presbyterian School in Atlanta wasn't satisfied with only changing its physical space and teaching methods. School leaders also created a nonprofit institute to encourage other educators to adopt the model.
By
Lindsay M. Moss
Journalist
Nedgine Paul: Proving what is possible in Haiti
Reforming the Haitian educational system is a challenge. But by focusing on the country’s rich culture, customs and community, it is possible to make a difference, says the founder of a leadership development organization for teacher-leaders in Haiti.
Living out the gospel by teaching, not preaching
The Memphis Teacher Residency prepares teachers to work in low-performing public schools in an intensive program that offers training and ongoing support. The ultimate goal, says its founder, is to bring justice to the poor and oppressed.
By
David Waters
Journalist
Nicole Baker Fulgham: Mobilizing people of faith to eliminate inequity in public education
Continuing inequities in our nation's public schools are a moral injustice that Christians are called to address, says the founder of The Expectations Project.
School brings life to empty buildings
A decaying and empty Episcopal church complex became an asset to its poor Philadelphia neighborhood after church leaders saw its potential as a free school for needy children.
Link to author G. Jeffrey MacDonald
By
G. Jeffrey MacDonald
Journalist and UCC minister
A+ tips for collaboration
Michelle Burrows, director of North Carolina A+ Schools, offers suggestions for successful collaboration.
The art of collaboration and shared leadership at A+ Schools
A+ Schools incorporate the arts into everyday learning. The result is a student body that is more engaged and faculty and staff that are working together as never before.
By
Joyce Clark Hicks
Journalist
