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...But I think all the above concerns are submitted (in often complicated ways) to the service of God and the parents who ultimately hold the God given obligation to educate their children.  


School leaders ultimately look to God for a sense of the schools&rsquo;s mission and identity and offer this to parents.    Parents then select the school (perhaps it is their own homeschool) that best fits their sense of how they are to educate their children.    Parents should obviously have a say into the school (i.e. the administration better be open to and seeking out parental concerns), but ultimately individual parents should not expect to dictate how others should conscientiously teach or run their school.


Some schools seem to view themselves as businesses.    Parents who are dissatisfied with the school can look for others or homeschool, which places pressures on schools to meet the concerns of parents.    However, this interchange should not be viewed merely as &ldquo;market interactions.&rdquo;    Christian schools should view themselves as communities within the Body of Christ.    Some are gifted and called to teach the children of others, but everyone is humbly serving Christ and needs to see themselves as servants. 
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Technology</title><dc:creator>SACE</dc:creator><category>Computer Technology</category><dc:date>2019-09-26T16:52:02-05:00</dc:date><link>http://www.saceschools.org/Christian-Education-Discussion-Topics/Strengthening-Christian-Schools-Blog/files/technology-for-christians.php#unique-entry-id-2</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.saceschools.org/Christian-Education-Discussion-Topics/Strengthening-Christian-Schools-Blog/files/technology-for-christians.php#unique-entry-id-2</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Too often our paradigm of education (largely molded by the secular public school) focuses on the teaching knowledge and skills.    In technology class, kids likely learn how to use programs, basics of how computers operate, perhaps programing skills.    However, children also need to learn that God has plans to use technology to share His love.    Thus, children who enjoy technology should see it as a gift of our good God and capture a vision of how they might use it to spread His kingdom through invention and use - never forgetting to mention its origin and moral parameters.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Admin</title><dc:creator>SACE</dc:creator><category>Administrative Leadership</category><dc:date>2019-09-26T16:46:20-05:00</dc:date><link>http://www.saceschools.org/Christian-Education-Discussion-Topics/Strengthening-Christian-Schools-Blog/files/d66f2eaf2b8b811ed24f6acd63744086-1.php#unique-entry-id-1</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.saceschools.org/Christian-Education-Discussion-Topics/Strengthening-Christian-Schools-Blog/files/d66f2eaf2b8b811ed24f6acd63744086-1.php#unique-entry-id-1</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Administrative Leadership]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Bible &#x26; Chapel</title><dc:creator>SACE</dc:creator><category>Bible &#x26; Chapel</category><dc:date>2019-09-26T16:21:20-05:00</dc:date><link>http://www.saceschools.org/Christian-Education-Discussion-Topics/Strengthening-Christian-Schools-Blog/files/58f16c1c66d5c102465a087ff4c7630b-0.php#unique-entry-id-0</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.saceschools.org/Christian-Education-Discussion-Topics/Strengthening-Christian-Schools-Blog/files/58f16c1c66d5c102465a087ff4c7630b-0.php#unique-entry-id-0</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Bible & Chapel]]></content:encoded></item></channel>
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