Best Practices

Last June, The Lutheran Schools Partnership hosted Ann Anzalone, a well-known educational speaker on brain development. This November, Emmaus Lutheran School brought Anzalone back to Fort Wayne to speak to teachers and parents. Anzalone demonstrates what she teaches - we all… Read More

Proximity- (noun) nearness in place, time, order, occurrence, or relation.At the Global Leadership Summit 2017, Bryan Stevenson (founder and executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative- https://eji.org/bryan-stevenson) spoke on the “power of proximity.” His message was… Read More

As we examined last time in Part I,there are excellent reasons why memory work is a part of the curriculum in our Lutheran schools. However, it isn’t always easy for children to learn their memory work. Many children and parents experience a weekly struggle with memory work that… Read More

The tradition of memory work has long been a part of Lutheran education. Bible verses, Luther’s Small Catechism, and hymns are part of the memory curriculum at most Lutheran schools. Memory work is, for many, hard work. So why do we persist at this? We have been commanded to… Read More

Information overloadPerfectionOver-driveNo timeThese are all signs of what Juliet Funt (http://www.whitespaceatwork.com/speaking/) calls the “hedonic treadmill.” Speaking at the Global Leadership Summit 2017, she addressed these “Thieves of Productivity.” While information is… Read More

What do Lutheran School teachers do with their last days of summer vacation? Go to school and learn, of course! Over fifty Science teachers from several schools in The Lutheran Schools Partnership (TLSP) gathered at Holy Cross Lutheran School on July 31 and August 1 to learn… Read More