Are You a past or present supporter of a school that belongs to the Dutch Neo-Calvinist tradition of alternative education? This book provides you with an overview of this tradition's legacy and its five formative features: the school as a dissident social institution; the school as a transformative institution; teacher led curriculum and pedagogical reform; parent-controlled schools; a rich theological/philosophical foundations. Your school’s contemporary vision of Christian education will benefit from an understanding of your tradition’s origins, what it has accomplished so far, where it has failed and what remains to be done. For more details click here. ∞
Are You a past or present supporter of a school that belongs to a different tradition of faith-based education? This book challenges you to evaluate your school’s educational vision; is it too small, too large, too compromised? Does your tradition of education want to protect students from worldly influences, graduate students to unquestioningly fit into society or make a difference in society? Is your tradition on track or in need of a course correction? Education for Hope provides you with an opportunity to learn from the successes and mistakes of a tradition that has a vision for making the biggest difference. For more details click here. ∞
Are you a supporter of alternative public school education? This book provides an overview of the paradigm that shapes North American education and one tradition’s efforts to implement an alternative vision. Ever wonder why educational reforms don’t stick for very long? Do you want the teachers in your school(s) to make the biggest difference in the lives of students? You may be surprised what you can learn from a small, obscure alternative tradition of education. For more details click here. ∞