Best Practices

Memories of reading to our kids are just that--memories. Our kids are in college or into the work world; we haven't read to our kids in years. However, Dana and I read to our kids a lot when they were young. From Bible story books to animal books to various authors and… Read More

What can you see in a three-minute visit to a classroom? You might say not too much. But teachers and students speak volumes in other ways, and that's why The Lutheran Schools Partnership supports classroom walk-throughs, or CWTs, for short. The purpose of CWTs is to collect… Read More

In early August, our schools were invited to hear about the work of a college professor and researcher named Cathy Vatterott. Cathy came to speak to us about rethinking homework. She wanted to challenge some of our traditional notions about the age-old practice, and perhaps… Read More

I recently took a trip to Chicago with nine other Lutheran school educators to something called an iPad Summit. The trip was great; we learned so much and had a lot of fun, too! One of the keynote speakers was Will Richardson. He's a former teacher who now speaks across the… Read More

When teachers are given the time to come together; terrific things are possible. This year, for the first time, we offered a variety of professional growth experiences for our teachers in several different areas. IMPACT 2014 still focused on developing critical thinking skills… Read More

When I started teaching back in the late 1980s, we were just beginning to learn more about how kids learn. I remember being trained in college in a program called TESA (Teacher Expectation Student Achievement). At that time, it was believed that if teachers engaged in certain… Read More