A Letter from the CDL Team
Dear Christian Deeper Learners, Thanks for being a part of the Christian Deeper Learning network! We are writing to announce some changes...
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Dan Beerens
Jun 2, 20233 min
CDL Digest - 6.3.23 - Just Teaching
The book blew me away - and believe me, I have read more than my share of education books over the years! Usually, I am frustrated for...
Amy Imbody
May 31, 20233 min
Meaningful Work
Once upon a time, there was Randy. Randy hated to write. His penmanship was tortuous, his spelling “invented,” and his interest in...
Dan Beerens
May 26, 20233 min
CDL Digest 5.26.23 - READ this!
Forget Dr. Suess and his vacuous advice about all the places you will go - if you want to give a graduate a gift that is wise, grounded...
Krista Wallace
May 24, 20237 min
Loving Learning Outdoors
In this episode of the Learning to Serve podcast, listen to (or read below) how Heather Hubbard worked with a 5th-grade classroom to...
Jim Peterson
May 22, 20233 min
Listening To Our Students' Voices - Part 3
Listening is key to our quest for deeper learning. And we need to listen in several different ways to best bring deeper learning to our...
Dan Beerens
May 19, 20233 min
CDL Digest - 5.19.23 - Wonder and Worship
I have been wondering lately if outdoor learning is the "next big thing" in education. By outdoor learning, I don't mean the annual field...
Kevin Taylor
May 17, 20237 min
Teachers as Non-Anxious and Hope-Filled Presences
"What is the hardest thing about being a young person in our world today?” I recently asked students in my junior and senior high Spanish...
Jim Peterson
May 15, 20233 min
Listening to Ourselves- Part 2
Listening is key to our quest for deeper learning. And we need to listen in several different ways to best bring deeper learning to our...
Dan Beerens
May 12, 20233 min
CDL Digest - Grateful
A freshman at a small high school failed to pass the tryout for choir. This was a crushing blow as music was very important in his...
Jim Peterson
May 10, 20233 min
Listening for the Holy Spirit
Listening is key to our quest for deeper learning. And we need to listen to several different ways to best bring deeper learning to our...
Kim Essenburg
May 8, 20234 min
Students Assess Resilience: Connected but not Hopeful or Healthy
I want students to be resilient individuals who aren’t surprised by life’s difficulties or embarrassed by struggle but who know how to...
Dan Beerens
May 5, 20233 min
CDL Digest - 5.5.23
A Lifetime Impact I grew up close to the land as the son of a farmer. Each year the miracle of the earth coming alive in the spring never...
Steven Levy
May 3, 20237 min
Assessment "OF" and "FOR" Learning
earning and Spiritual Formation What a school decides to measure is particular to each school and expresses what that school community...
Laura Swan
May 1, 20234 min
Lessons I’ve Learned from Traveling with Students–Part 2
I’ve had the opportunity and privilege to travel to many places with many students. Whether hiking in Northern Thailand, swimming at...
Dan Beerens
Apr 28, 20232 min
CDL Digest - 4.28.23
Celebrating Wholistic Learning This week I had the opportunity to visit a rather unique school in Celebration, Florida called Creation...
Steven Levy
Apr 26, 20232 min
What Do Students Want?
I am just returning from a visit to five different schools where we had a chance to interview students about what they liked about...
Keren Aspen Wallace
Apr 24, 20232 min
How to Make Middle Schoolers Fall in Love with Math
As a middle school math teacher who loves learning and helping students fall in love with math, I struggled to engage my students at the...
Dan Beerens
Apr 21, 20233 min
CDL Digest - 4.21.23
OK - it is a true Digest this time around - stuff I found to be of interest and inspiration! I LOVE the UNESCO Learning Objectives -...
Kevin Taylor
Apr 19, 20234 min
He Tells Us That He Loves Us
It was a Monday. In particular, it was the Monday following the funeral of Anthony Mendoza, a longtime member of my church who had...
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