by Colin Harris | Nov 2, 2017 | Opinion
Baptist icon George W. Truett was the focus of a recent high school assembly in Hayesville, North Carolina, commemorating the 150th anniversary of the Clay County native’s birth. An invitation to participate in the event sent me to Keith Durso’s excellent...
by Colin Harris | Sep 28, 2017 | Opinion
Education is more than information. The late Jean Hendricks, a wise dean in one of Mercer University’s academic units, reminded our teaching team of this frequently. She meant, of course, that while information is essential for living as an informed participant...
by Colin Harris | Sep 5, 2017 | Opinion
Teachers are often accused of thinking that education is the solution to every problem. While such thinking is reason to believe the truth of the old saying, “Every generalization is false, including this one,” there is good evidence that knowledge and...
by Colin Harris | Aug 28, 2017 | Opinion
I would imagine that students of “leadership” are having a field day with the current public drama in the U.S. Weekly, sometimes daily, issues and policies from local to global scale are flying back and forth like badminton shuttlecocks, batted by...
by Colin Harris | Aug 16, 2017 | Opinion
The beginning of the traditional school year brings a wide range of dynamics to the rhythm of life in our society. For some, it is a significant threshold to a new stage of family life, where preschool childhood begins to move out to new discoveries and new horizons...
