Seminary helped me understand sacred activism; now I teach it to my high school students
We can trust young people to handle complexity and think critically, especially when they have the necessary tools, language and space to reflect.
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With study, care and patience, a church makes a long-term commitment to help one family at a time
Partnered with other faith communities in their city, a small Virginia congregation has spent decades investing in families for the long haul.
Link to author Edie Gross
By
Edie Gross
Journalist
Rhonda Thomas: Accurately teaching history is a moral issue
Legislation limiting what can be taught in public schools fueled a Florida nonprofit’s decision to develop a Black history toolkit for faith communities.
3 reasons I support public education as a pastor and parent
Loving our neighbors means supporting and improving our public schools and their ability to educate all children.
Link to author Suzanne Parker Miller
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Suzanne Parker Miller
Executive Director, Pastors for N.C. Children
Freedom Schools offer a summer of possibilities for the next generation
Grounded in history, the Children’s Defense Fund Freedom Schools face the future by forming students from kindergarten through high school.
Link to author Leslie Quander Wooldridge
By
Leslie Quander Wooldridge
Journalist
When your high school has a racist history
As graduates of segregation academies confront their pasts, the churches that helped create and sustain the schools must as well.
Link to author Ellen Ann Fentress
By
Ellen Ann Fentress
Writer
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.
