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Teaching: A Heritage of Everlasting Creativity

Teaching: A Heritage of Everlasting Creativity

THOMAS R. ROSEBROUGH, PH.D.
University Professor of Education

And so when I thought I was in my story or in charge of it, I really have been only on the edge of it, carried along. Is this because we are in an eternal story that is happening partly in time? — Wendell Berry in his novel, Jayber Crow
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Church and Education:  A Productive Struggle of Eternal Worth

Church and Education: A Productive Struggle of Eternal Worth

KRISTINE K. SMITH, ED.D.
Assistant Principal, Hardin County Middle School

Dr. Smith currently serves as Assistant Principal at Hardin County Middle School. Kris has rich teaching and leadership experience in both public and private education sectors, and stays active professionally with her writing and presenting.

“Productive s...

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Understanding the Test Optional Movement

Understanding the Test Optional Movement

BEN T. PHILLIPS, ED.D.
Professor of Educational Leadership

Colleges use the term test optional to describe an admissions process that does not require scores from standardized tests such as the ACT and SAT. While the movement has been around for decades, the COVID pandemic accelerated the adoption of test optional policies by colle...

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How Faith Inspires Learning

How Faith Inspires Learning

THOMAS R. ROSEBROUGH, PH.D.
University Professor of Education

Recently the Center for Faculty Development here at Union published my article on the distinctive difference that faculty enjoy in teaching under the Lordship of Christ. I now turn to the Rosebrough Center for Educational Practice to share that article from a slightly different...

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