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"WingTips" is a Mount Paran Christian School blog featuring independent education contributors and biblical thought-leaders.
With an all school student-teacher ratio of 12:1, small class sizes allow teachers to form meaningful connections with each student, ensuring academic success. In this address, Dr. Kerlin highlights how class size may be one of the most significant factors influencing long-term student outcomes.
Are you looking for ways for your family to focus on the REASON for the season? Take some time to prioritize putting some of these practical tips in action as you gather to celebrate to birth of our Lord and savior.
Social skills are an essential part of a child’s development, but for many children and their parents, navigating social situations can feel like a daunting challenge. Whether it’s making friends, managing conflicts, or expanding social circles, these skills play a crucial role in a child’s emotional and social well-being.
Arts education in students and how it shapes their academic, social, emotional, and maturational development is within the context of a well-rounded education. This is also a truism for all schools, but more importantly, the arts plays a critical role in Christian education as it applies to creating servant-leaders who will glorify God through the use of their talents.
In response to political incivility, some choose to disengage completely from politics. Others engage by separating entirely their religious beliefs from their political opinions and activities. I believe there is a means between these extremes for those who want to engage in politics with integrity, taking seriously our obligation as Christ followers to clothe ourselves with “compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience” (Colossians 3:12). How can we find congruence between our politics and our faith commitments?
If you know a little about Christian education with experience as a parent, teacher, or administrator you might be aware that there are pretty significant differences among religious schools. A big difference among these independent Christian schools that they may or may not share is whether they are covenantal or not. This begs the question: what does being a covenant school actually mean?
Defining "culture" is becoming more and more challenging in today's society. However, God calls us to understand and celebrate each of our unique cultures, whether that be of our native country or the customs we continue through a biblical context.
In the new thought-leadership "WingTips" blog from Dr. Kerlin, he discusses some alarming statistics that indicate the teaching profession appears headed for a crisis. According to the National Association of Independent Schools, the number of bachelor’s of education degrees awarded fell from 176,000 in 1971 to only 90,000 in 2021, a 49 percent decrease in 50 years. Read his blog at the link below.
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