Are you a School Reformer rooted in the Dutch, Neo-Calvinist tradition? This book provides you with an overview of your institution’s Neo-Calvinist legacy of education 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; rich theological/philosophical foundations. Your vision of school reform 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 School Reformer working out of a different faith tradition? This book challenges you to evaluate your vision of school reform: is your vision clear or vague; is it too small or too large; is it true to your faith or compromised by outside influences? Does your tradition need a course correction? Education for Hope provides you with an opportunity to learn from the successes and mistakes of a tradition with a vision for making the biggest difference. For more details click here. ∞
Are you a School Reformer for public 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 substantive educational reforms don’t stick? Do you want graduates of the public school system to efficiently fit into society or have a vision for change? You may be surprised what you can learn from an alternative tradition of education. For more details click here. ∞