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1 month ago | 
readlion.com | Jillian Schneider |Ron Matus |Lisa Buie |Christian schools
Recent data from the Nation’s Report Card shows Catholic school students consistently outperform those in public schools in the United States. The National Catholic Educational Association (NCEA) calls the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) the “gold standard of testing,” boasting of Catholic education’s longstanding excellence.
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Jan 14, 2025 | 
readlion.com | Adam Wittenberg |Josh Mann |Louise Secker |Christian schools
As schools enter the second semester, the time is now to start asking families about re-enrollment. That’s according to Jonathan Edmondson of SchoolBox, a Herzog Foundation program that has helped launch more than 260 Christian schools in the last two years. (The foundation also publishes The Lion.)The average school launches with about 26 students, Edmondson says. An important part of growing that number is keeping the families you currently have.
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Jan 9, 2025 | 
readlion.com | Adam Wittenberg |Shanxi Omoniyi |Louise Secker |Christian schools
A Christian school superintendent is rallying parents and lawmakers to expand school choice in Kansas. Dr. Kimberlee Gill, superintendent of Maranatha Christian Academy in Shawnee, Kansas, held the first of what she hopes will be multiple listening sessions across the state with lawmakers Wednesday.
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Jan 9, 2025 | 
readlion.com | Adam Wittenberg |Grant Braaten |Shanxi Omoniyi |Christian schools
Back-to-school is less “ruff” at Northland Christian School thanks to its new four-legged friend. Ruby Blaze, a four-month-old English lab, has become a fast favorite at the Kansas City school after she made her introduction this fall as its first therapy dog. The small, white-haired pup welcomes students in the morning (each child gets two pets on her back on their way in), visits classes, naps and greets office and staff members.
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Dec 6, 2024 | 
readlion.com | Adam Wittenberg |Josh Mann |Tara Mergener |Christian schools
What happens when 55 pastors, educators and entrepreneurs come together for two days to share their plans and dreams? A heavy dose of strength, inspiration and creativity is released. That’s what happened at the first Reclaiming Education National Conference, which was hosted by the Herzog Foundation in Kansas City and co-sponsored by the Massachusetts Family Institute.
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Nov 26, 2024 | 
readlion.com | David Hicks |Shanxi Omoniyi |Louise Secker |Christian schools
(The Sentinel) – The Heartland Education Reformation Organization (HERO) offers another School Choice alternative by connecting churches and Christian educators to provide Creative Christian Learning Environments (CCLE) and curricula to match families’ religious beliefs. Churches’ commitments to HERO range from starting their own school to hosting an existing school to offering scholarships to students and families seeking opportunities outside of public schools.
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Sep 5, 2024 | 
readlion.com | Michael Dillon |Shanxi Omoniyi |Adam Wittenberg |Christian schools
For Courtney Warren, Christian education is the best way to cultivate both the mind and the soul of children, in what she likens to Jesus washing his disciples’ feet. “I’m so glad that I teach [at a Christian school] because it feels truly like you’re also in church,” she told The Lion. “We get to see our school be a church, and be God’s people as we weave God into all of our lessons and all of our discussions.
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Oct 11, 2023 | 
readlion.com | Susan Berry |Shanxi Omoniyi |Christian schools
One of the signs of “education entrepreneurship” surging throughout the country since the COVID-19 pandemic is church-based microschools – and they’re “sprouting everywhere.”So says Kerry McDonald, senior education fellow at the Foundation for Economic Education (FEE). “Both faith-based and secular microschools are on the rise across the U.S. as parents seek alternatives to an assigned district school,” McDonald explained to The Lion.
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Jul 24, 2023 | 
readlion.com | Shanxi Omoniyi |Susan Klemond |Jillian Schneider |Christian schools
For Jill Haskins, payday at her job involves the students whose lives changed just by attending Streams of Hope Christian School. One striking example is a student who transferred at the end of 2021 from a public school to the microschool, where Haskins serves as executive director. “In fourth grade, she was already feeling like she was worthless and unloved,” Haskins said, adding the student was two grade levels behind and suicidal.
