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“𝑾𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒅𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒇 𝒊𝒏 𝑯𝒊𝒎, 𝑯𝒆 𝒈𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒔 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒆𝒔𝒊𝒓𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒕. 𝑩𝒖𝒕 𝒊𝒕'𝒔 𝒐𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒏 𝒊𝒏 𝒘𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒏𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒕 𝒐𝒓 𝒊𝒎𝒂𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒆.” — Denise Strickland , Head of School at Chahaya Bangsa Classical School A vivid vision and an unexpected email led Denise from Texas to Indonesia, where a 13-student homeschool co-op grew into a school serving 902 students. Hear her story and reflections on...

"𝑫𝒊𝒔𝒄𝒊𝒑𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒑 𝒊𝒔 𝒂 𝒔𝒍𝒐𝒘, 𝒖𝒏𝒉𝒖𝒓𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒅 𝒓𝒆𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒑 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒑𝒆𝒐𝒑𝒍𝒆, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒄𝒂𝒏'𝒕 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒂 𝒔𝒍𝒐𝒘, 𝒖𝒏𝒉𝒖𝒓𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒅 𝒓𝒆𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒑 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒑𝒆𝒐𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒄𝒖𝒍𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒖𝒏𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒆𝒙𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒍𝒚 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒊𝒕." — 𝐷𝑎𝑛𝑎 𝐹𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑚𝑎𝑛 , 𝐻𝑒𝑎𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝑆𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑜𝑙 𝑎𝑡 𝐹𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝐶ℎ𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑎𝑛 𝑆𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑜𝑙 In this episode, Dana shares how her school integrates a biblical worldview into everyday learning, connects academics to real life, and builds a cult...

"𝑰 𝒂𝒍𝒎𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒓𝒐𝒐𝒎 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒘𝒐 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂 𝒉𝒂𝒍𝒇, 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒆𝒆 𝒚𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒔 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒏𝒐 𝒑𝒂𝒚, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝑰 𝒌𝒏𝒆𝒘 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝑰 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒃𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒇𝒂𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒖𝒊𝒍𝒅 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒈 𝒓𝒖𝒏." – Destiny Benson , Executive Director of South Texas Institute of Christian Education In this episode, Destiny shares her journey of founding the STICE. Discover how hybrid models, trade academies, and a focus on nature can revoluti...

”𝑼𝒏𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒎𝒐𝒅𝒆𝒍 𝒈𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒔 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝒂𝒕 𝒉𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒌𝒊𝒅𝒔. 𝑰𝒕'𝒔 𝒂𝒍𝒎𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒅𝒐𝒏'𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒈𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒖𝒑 𝒐𝒏 𝒉𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒔𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒐𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒏𝒆𝒆𝒅 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒔𝒖𝒑𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕.” – Lisa Gyergyo , Head of School at Arise Classical Academy ”𝑾𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆 𝒂 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒂 𝒉𝒐𝒎𝒆, 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒖𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒂𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒔 𝒘𝒆𝒍𝒍.” – Brittany Kinol , President of the Board at Arise Classical Academ...

“ 𝑰 ' 𝒎 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒂 𝒃𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂 𝒇𝒂𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝒐𝒓𝒑𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒂𝒈𝒆𝒔 . 𝑰 ' 𝒎 𝒂 𝒃𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝒌𝒊𝒅𝒔 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒚𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒕 𝒉𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒇𝒂𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒔 , 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒇 𝒘𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒏 , 𝒂𝒔 𝒂 𝒄𝒉𝒖𝒓𝒄𝒉 , 𝒊𝒇 𝒘𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒉𝒆𝒍𝒑 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎 𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒚 , 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒍𝒑 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎 𝒅𝒐 𝒂 𝒔𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒐𝒍 …” –  𝐺𝑙𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑎 𝐶𝑜𝑜𝑝𝑒𝑟 , 𝐶𝑜-𝑓𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝐻𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑡 2 𝐻𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑡 𝐶ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑑 𝐷𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑙𝑜𝑝𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝐶𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟 “ 𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒕𝒓𝒚 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 . 𝑰𝒇 𝒊𝒕 𝒅𝒐𝒆𝒔𝒏 ' 𝒕 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌 , 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒍𝒊𝒄𝒌 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒔 . 𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒕𝒓𝒚 𝒕𝒐 𝒇𝒊𝒈𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒅𝒊𝒅𝒏 &#...

“ 𝑻𝒐 𝒃𝒆 𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒑𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒗𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒈𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒃𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝑪𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒕 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒅𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉 𝒖𝒔 𝒕𝒐𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒔 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒌𝒊𝒅𝒔 𝒊𝒔 𝒉𝒖𝒎𝒃𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 . 𝑰𝒕 ’ 𝒔 𝒆𝒙𝒄𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 , 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒕 ’ 𝒔 𝒂𝒍𝒔𝒐 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒔𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒚 .” – 𝐷𝑟 . 𝐷𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑎𝑛 𝐴ℎ𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑠 , 𝐻𝑒𝑎𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝑆𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑜𝑙 𝑎𝑡 𝐹𝑎𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝐵𝑎𝑝𝑡𝑖𝑠𝑡 𝑆𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑜𝑙 Dr. Ahrens reflects on the humbling, exciting, and honestly scary weight of pouring into students for thousands of hours. He shares how Herzog, clear core values, and...

“ 𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 ' 𝒔 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒂 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒂𝒈𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒑𝒆𝒐𝒑𝒍𝒆 . 𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 ' 𝒔 𝒂 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒂𝒈𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒈𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝒔𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒐𝒍𝒔 .” – 𝐾𝑜𝑟𝑖 𝐻𝑜𝑐𝑘𝑒𝑡𝑡 , 𝐶ℎ𝑖𝑒𝑓 𝐴𝑐𝑎𝑑𝑒𝑚𝑖𝑐 𝑂𝑓𝑓𝑖𝑐𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑡 𝑊ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑡𝑜𝑛 𝐴𝑐𝑎𝑑𝑒𝑚𝑦 This full conversation with Kori explores how school leaders can coach teachers, build healthy cultures, and rethink evaluation so educators actually want to stay. Watch or listen to the full episode now and share it with your team. 💻🎙️ --  𝑇𝑜𝑑𝑎𝑦'𝑠...

“ 𝐼 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑘 𝑚𝑜𝑠𝑡 𝑠𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑜𝑙 𝑚𝑖𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 — 𝑖𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢 ' 𝑟𝑒 𝑎 𝐶ℎ𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑎𝑛 𝑠𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑜𝑙 — 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑏𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑦 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑖𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑠𝑎𝑦𝑠 𝑤𝑒 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑛𝑒𝑟 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠 . 𝐵𝑢𝑡 𝑤𝑒 ' 𝑟𝑒 𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝑤𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ ℎ𝑜𝑤 𝑑𝑜 𝑤𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑒𝑛𝑔𝑎𝑔𝑒 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠 , 𝑒𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑐𝑢𝑟𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑙𝑦 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑢𝑙𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑤𝑒 ' 𝑟𝑒 𝑖𝑛 . 𝐴 𝑙𝑜𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑔𝑔𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝑚𝑎𝑦𝑏𝑒 𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑢𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑡 .” 𝑫𝒂𝒗𝒊𝒅 𝑾𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒆𝒏 , 𝑯𝒆𝒂𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝑺𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒐𝒍 𝒂𝒕 𝑪𝒂𝒍𝒗𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝑩𝒂𝒑𝒕𝒊𝒔𝒕 𝑨𝒄𝒂𝒅𝒆𝒎𝒚 In this epis...

“𝑻𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒊𝒏𝒗𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒏 𝒑𝒆𝒐𝒑𝒍𝒆… 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒑𝒔 𝒉𝒖𝒈𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒔 𝒅𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒐𝒂𝒅, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒕 𝒏𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒔 𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝒗𝒐𝒊𝒅. 𝑰𝒕’𝒔 𝒂𝒍𝒘𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒊𝒏𝒗𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕.” – 𝐽𝑜ℎ𝑛 𝑆𝑡𝑢𝑏𝑏𝑙𝑒𝑓𝑖𝑒𝑙𝑑 , 𝐻𝑒𝑎𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝑆𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑜𝑙 𝑎𝑡 𝐶ℎ𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑡’𝑠 𝐶ℎ𝑢𝑟𝑐ℎ 𝐴𝑐𝑎𝑑𝑒𝑚𝑦 In this episode, John unpacks a practical universal leadership model for school culture, how to lead through rapid growth without burning out your staff, and why “people over tasks” is more tha...

“ 𝑨𝒍𝒘𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 ’ 𝒓𝒆 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒕𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒊𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒐𝒍 .”  – Jeremy Blackstock , Head of School at High Point Christian Academy This full episode explores how Jeremy leads a nearly 1,000-student Christian school while keeping a small-school feel, developing future leaders, and protecting mission in every decision. Watch or listen now and share it with a fellow school leader. 🎙️ --  𝑇𝑜𝑑𝑎𝑦...

“ 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒂 𝒔𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒐𝒍 𝒊𝒔 𝒓𝒖𝒏 … 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒑𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒂𝒈𝒊𝒄 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒓𝒐𝒐𝒎 𝒕𝒐 𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒇𝒂𝒄𝒆 .” - 𝐵𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑛 𝑊 . 𝑃𝑜𝑙𝑘 𝐸𝑑 . 𝐷 ., 𝐷𝑖𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑜𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝐴𝑐𝑐𝑟𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑎𝑡 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑆𝑜𝑐𝑖𝑒𝑡𝑦 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝐶𝑙𝑎𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙 𝐿𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 Join us as Brian and I discuss school governance, financial solvency, and how avoiding blind spots allows the magic of the classroom to thrive. Perfect for educators aiming to grow! Don't mi...

"𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒆𝒗𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒆𝒎𝒑𝒉𝒂𝒔𝒊𝒛𝒆." - 𝐿𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝐷𝑎𝑣𝑖𝑑𝑠 , 𝐻𝑒𝑎𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝑆𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑜𝑙 𝑎𝑡 𝐼𝑙𝑙𝑖𝑎𝑛𝑎 𝐶ℎ𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑎𝑛 𝐻𝑖𝑔ℎ 𝑆𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑜𝑙 If you want a thriving school, you must intentionally invest in your teachers! Lance breaks down how to build incredible staff culture, run a successful capital campaign, and create 4-year student homerooms. Learn actionable ways to ensure every student is known, valued, and loved! Check ou...

“𝑾𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒔𝒕𝒖𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝑮𝒐𝒅 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎.” – 𝐽𝑜ℎ𝑛 𝑅𝑜𝑏𝑒𝑟𝑡𝑠, 𝐻𝑒𝑎𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝑆𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑜𝑙 𝑎𝑡 𝐶𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑛𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝐶ℎ𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑎𝑛 𝑆𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑜𝑙 In this episode, John shares how his school moved from a traditional model to an integral, place-based, experiential approach. Watch or listen to the full episode now and share it with a school leader who’s rethinking what Christian education can look like. 🏫 --  𝑇𝑜𝑑𝑎𝑦...

”𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒅𝒐𝒏’𝒕 𝒈𝒐 𝒊𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆 𝒂 𝒄𝒖𝒍𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒖𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒍 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒖𝒍𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖’𝒓𝒆 𝒈𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒐.” – Dave Smith , Head of School at Cornerstone Community School This full episode with Dave dives into enrollment growth, pre‑K as a K pipeline, Fantastic Friday, and protecting school culture while you scale. Watch or listen now, and share it with a fellow school leader who’s navigating growth. 📈 --  𝑇𝑜𝑑𝑎𝑦&#...

𝑺𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂 𝒔𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒐𝒍 𝒊𝒔 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒂 𝒐𝒏𝒆-𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒐𝒏 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒘. – Todd Yoho , Head of School at Calvary Academy of Virginia This full episode with Yoho digs into launching a first‑year school, building the right board, sharing space with a church, and growing enrollment without losing your culture. Listen to the full conversation now and share it with a fellow school leader. 🎙️ --  𝑇𝑜𝑑𝑎𝑦'𝑠 𝑒𝑝𝑖𝑠𝑜𝑑𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑑𝑙𝑦 co-𝑠...

“𝑨𝒍𝒍 𝒆𝒅𝒖𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒊𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆 — 𝒚𝒐𝒖’𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒍𝒘𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈. It's formation, not just information.” –  Brian W. Polk, Ed. D , Director of Accreditation at The Society for Classical Learning & Director of the Center for Christian Classical Education at the College of the Ozarks “𝑾𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒑𝒆𝒐𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒘𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝑮𝒐𝒅 𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒖𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆.” –  Jennifer Freeman , Faculty Membe...

“𝑾𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒐𝒐𝒍𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒔; 𝒊𝒕'𝒔 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒂 𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝒂𝒄𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒃𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒚.” – 𝐴𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑜𝑛 𝑀𝑎𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑖 , 𝐻𝑒𝑎𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝑀𝑎𝑟𝑘𝑒𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑡 𝐶ℎ𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑎𝑛 𝐴𝑐𝑎𝑑𝑒𝑚𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝐺𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑆𝑡. 𝐿𝑜𝑢𝑖𝑠 In this episode, Maestri shares how a small Christian school built a flexible, digital language program without breaking the budget. If you’re a school leader wrestling with staffing, electives, or online curriculum, this conversation is p...

𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒄𝒂𝒏 ' 𝒕 𝒃𝒆 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚𝒐𝒏𝒆 … 𝒅𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒅𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒌 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒊𝒕 ." - 𝐴𝑛𝑑𝑟𝑒𝑎 𝐿𝑜𝑦 , 𝐹𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟 & 𝐻𝑒𝑎𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝑆𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑜𝑙 𝑎𝑡 𝐶ℎ𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑢𝑠 𝐶𝑙𝑎𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙 𝑆𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑜𝑙 Loy shares how clear identity, rich traditions, and embodied learning shape students and families. Tune in to the full episode now. 💻 --  𝑇𝑜𝑑𝑎𝑦'𝑠 𝑒𝑝𝑖𝑠𝑜𝑑𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑑𝑙𝑦 co-𝑠𝑝𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑜𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑦 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑯𝒆𝒓𝒛𝒐𝒈 𝑭𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 and ClassReach . ClassReach is...

“ 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒖𝒍𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒔𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒐𝒍 𝒊𝒔 𝒂𝒍𝒘𝒂𝒚𝒔 , 𝒂𝒍𝒘𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝒅𝒐𝒘𝒏𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒎 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒔𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒐𝒍 ' 𝒔 𝒂𝒅𝒖𝒍𝒕 𝒄𝒖𝒍𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆 .” - 𝐸𝑟𝑖𝑘 𝑇𝑤𝑖𝑠𝑡 , 𝑃𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑖𝑝𝑎𝑙 𝑃𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑛𝑒𝑟 & 𝑃𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝐴𝑟𝑐𝑎𝑑𝑖𝑎 𝐸𝑑𝑢𝑐𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 We’re back with the final part of my chat with Erik on leadership, temperament, and virtue in schools. The episode’s up now—watch the rest today. 🎧 --  𝑇𝑜𝑑𝑎𝑦'𝑠 𝑒𝑝𝑖𝑠𝑜𝑑𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑑𝑙𝑦 co-𝑠𝑝𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑜𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑦 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑯𝒆𝒓𝒛𝒐𝒈 𝑭𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 and ClassR...

“𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒖𝒍𝒂 𝒕𝒐 𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒖𝒓𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒑 𝒊𝒔 𝒔𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒆: 𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒇𝒚 𝒂 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒃𝒍𝒆𝒎, 𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒂 𝒔𝒐𝒍𝒖𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒎𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒕𝒊𝒛𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒔𝒐𝒍𝒖𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏.” – 𝐿𝑒𝑎ℎ 𝐸𝑙𝑙𝑖𝑠 , 𝐹𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑆𝑜𝑐𝑖𝑒𝑡𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝐶ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑑 𝐸𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑢𝑟𝑠 Leah discusses her journey from a children’s business fair to running a nonprofit that helps kids start real businesses and navigate “lemonade stand laws.” Tune in to discover ideas for your students, school, or kids today! 🍋...

"𝑰 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑨𝒎𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒑𝒆𝒐𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒂 𝒇𝒖𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒇𝒖𝒓𝒏𝒊𝒔𝒉𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒎𝒂𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒂𝒈𝒂𝒊𝒏, 𝒔𝒖𝒄𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒈𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒗𝒆𝒔 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒘𝒊𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒊𝒔𝒅𝒐𝒎 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒚 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆𝒇𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒅𝒊𝒅." - Matthew Mehan , Associate Dean and Associate Professor of Government at Hillsdale College in D.C. This special full episode with Matthew dives into stories, civics, and wit as tools for forming wise, hopeful citizens. Watch the...

“ 𝑮𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝒄𝒖𝒍𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒓𝒆𝒑𝒆𝒍𝒔 , 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒓𝒆𝒑𝒆𝒍 𝒑𝒆𝒐𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒅𝒐𝒏 ’ 𝒕 𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒈𝒏 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒄𝒖𝒍𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆 .” - Erik Twist ,  President & Principal Partner at  Arcadia Education Part 1 of my conversation with Erik explores why a clear, unapologetic culture is essential for teacher recruitment and retention—and why your best candidates want you to know exactly who you are. Watch Part 1 now and shar...

“ 𝑺𝒐 𝒐𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒏 𝒊𝒏 𝒆𝒅𝒖𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 , 𝒘𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒈𝒆𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒔𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒐𝒍𝒔 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒇𝒖𝒍𝒍 𝒐𝒇 𝒑𝒆𝒐𝒑𝒍𝒆 .” – Kiernan Fiore , Director of Academics, Holy Innocents School In this episode, Kiernan shows how classical liberal arts, great books, and real parent partnership keep humanity at the center of Catholic education. Listen to the full conversation now. 🙌📚 --  𝑇𝑜𝑑𝑎𝑦'𝑠 𝑒𝑝𝑖𝑠𝑜𝑑𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑑𝑙𝑦 co-𝑠𝑝𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑜𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑦 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑯𝒆𝒓𝒛𝒐𝒈 𝑭𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏...

" 𝑰 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒂𝒅𝒗𝒊𝒔𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒕𝒐 𝒏𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒌 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒓𝒆𝒑𝒍𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒐𝒓 𝒃𝒆 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒖𝒃𝒍𝒊𝒄 𝒔𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒐𝒍 𝒔𝒚𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒎 ." - 𝑉𝑖𝑟𝑔𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑎 ( 𝐺𝑖𝑛𝑛𝑦 ) 𝐺𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑙𝑒𝑠 , 𝐷𝑖𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑜𝑟 , 𝐸𝑑𝑢𝑐𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝐹𝑟𝑒𝑒𝑑𝑜𝑚 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑃𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑅𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡𝑠 𝑎𝑡 𝐷𝑒𝑓𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝐹𝑟𝑒𝑒𝑑𝑜𝑚 𝐼𝑛𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑡𝑢𝑡𝑒 Are you ready to embrace true education freedom? In this special episode, Virginia shares her insights on school choice, the benefits of the Education Freedom Tax Credit, and tips f...

" 𝑴𝒚 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝒃𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒇 , 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒎 𝒊𝒔 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒚 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒖𝒊𝒍𝒅 𝒂 𝒔𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒐𝒍 𝒄𝒖𝒍𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆 ." - 𝐽𝑜𝑎𝑛𝑛𝑎 𝐻𝑎𝑟𝑎𝑙𝑠𝑜𝑛 , 𝑂𝑤𝑛𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑈𝑛𝑖𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑒𝑒 Are uniforms more than just dress codes? In this episode, Joanna shares how schools can leverage uniforms to unify students, reduce teen anxiety, and foster trust with parents through modernized swap programs. Perfect for school administrators wanting to elevate thei...