Best Practices

For over 20 years, our Lutheran schools have offered a weeklong professional-development experience designed to promote critical-thinking skills, and we've called it IMPACT (Involving Minds in Problem Analysis and Critical Thinking). There are two definitions of the word… Read More

This week, a small group of teachers from several of our TLSP schools will be meeting to discuss how they use technology in their classrooms. These teachers are likely to be the risk takers in their buildings. They're the ones who are willing to try new ideas and aren't really… Read More

Students at Concordia are noted for their outstanding performance in and outside the classroom. They are immersed in a culture of caring-a learning community that prepares them for success in all aspects of life. Here are some recent accomplishments by Concordia and its students: Read More

When did it become okay to teach to the middle? At what point did some brilliant educator decide that if one teaches to the “average” kids in class, that the more gifted kids would enjoy already knowing the content, and the more challenged kids would just get as much from the… Read More

If you've recently conversed with a child or teen, then you may be aware of a mysterious virus spreading its way through our young people. Read More

“Sit and get.” Read More