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Education
Preventing the Summer Slide: A Summer Homework Packet
For those of you who think this post will help you help your students retain everything you painstakingly ...
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It’s the End…Again
Every beginning must have an ending especially in schools. Books, movies, experiments, essays, games, meals, school years….and the ...
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Fearfully and Wonderfully Made
Psalm 139:14, “I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul ...
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Let’s Not Abide the “Summer Slide!”
If you perceive that your students seem to have experienced some learning loss over summer vacation, there ...
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Early Research Skills: Building a Strong Foundation for Upper Elementary Students
For nearly a decade, I’ve had the privilege of teaching research skills to upper elementary students. It is ...
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Dealing with Opposition in Ministry
My father-in-law, a retired LCMS pastor, passed away a little over two years ago. When he died, my ...
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Praying Without Ceasing?
The National Day of Prayer this year falls on Thursday, May 1. When I searched for information about ...
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The Homework Debate: Rethinking Purpose and Impact
As teachers, we’ve all wrestled with questions about homework. How much should we assign? What types of assignments ...
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Lutheran Education Legacy
In the past five decades of ministry in Lutheran education, I have learned how much God uses people ...
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Not Broken, Just Different
Several years ago, a kindergartener was eating his snack in my room. The snack was bunny cheese crackers, ...
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