On April 26, 1983, "A Nation at Risk," a 65-page report compiled over a two-year period by a blue ribbon commission, was delivered to President Ronald Reagan. In regards to the existing condition of the educational system, the document said, "If an unfriendly foreign power had attempted to impose on America the mediocre educational performance that exists today, we might well have viewed it as an act of war. As it stands, we have allowed this to happen to ourselves."...

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Alpha Omega Publications is pleased to announce a dynamic partnership with Chuck Colson's BreakPoint ministry that enables AOP schools to receive exclusive pricing on select products. Chuck Colson founded Prison Fellowship Ministries (PFM) in 1976, and BreakPoint is the worldview division of PFM. Their mission is "to seek the transformation of believers as they apply biblical thinking to all of life, enabling them to transform their communities through the grace and truth of Jesus Christ." BreakPoint provides a Christian perspective on today's news and trends via radio, interactive media, and print....

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Very few Christian schools really teach current events, meaning they teach with constantly up-to-date news items correlated with biblical principles, a Christian worldview, and the godly heritage of American government. For years as a Christian school teacher and principal, I didn't teach it on that level either for lack of an affordable, teacher-friendly curriculum that accomplished all that without spending hours in preparation....

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According to School Superintendent Gail Pope in Manassas, Virginia, our children are "born for another time." An August 28, 2008, a Washington Post article written by Jennifer Buske quoted Pope: "We need to decide what's worth keeping [in the classroom] and what needs to be abandoned if we are going to prepare students for the 21st century. We will not confine our children to our learning because they were born for another time." The article also cited critical thinking, problem solving, and technological skills as key components to the 21st century classroom....

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Memorizing and reciting poetry and Scripture have been pushed aside by many modern progressive educators as archaic curiosities without educational value. This opinion could not be further from the truth. As educators have known for centuries, these exercises deliver unique cognitive benefits of special importance for children who come from homes where books are scarce and the level of literacy is low. In addition, such exercises etch the ideals of their civilization and religion on children's minds and hearts....

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