Cross Currents

Can students recover credits without sacrificing academic standards? Yes, but only with the right structure in place. Explore how high schools can evaluate credit recovery models to ensure rigor, accountability, and meaningful mastery remain central to every pathway.

CONTRIBUTOR: Jeff Hausman, AVLI Founder & President A few months back, we received word that our petition to join the Rome Call  was accepted. In response to the introduction and rapid development of artificial intelligence, AVLI has been exploring how to best adopt AI into our work and, more importantly, how to foster effective and responsible use in young people. Our desire to join the Rome Call was to ensure that our approach to this burgeoning phenomena would remain roote

Merry Christmas…or is it?Much of learning is about hope and momentum. What happens when neither exists?

College readiness is no longer defined only by GPA or test scores. Students need to advocate for themselves, adjust when a strategy stops working, and gain exposure to college level content so that AP or dual credit opportunities feel realistic rather than intimidating. Supplemental online courses help by giving students a flexible way to practice college expectations with structure and feedback still in place.

Help your students make the most of online learning. This guide for counselors explores how to match course types, formats, and rigor to student goals using AVLI’s diverse online offerings.

To describe it in math terms, truth is both a constant and a variable. This has always been the case, but as the world gets smaller and influences magnify, the sheer volume of things we are expected to negotiate requires a much higher threshold of reasoning.

Online learning in faith-based schools often gets dismissed as less rigorous, less relational, or less valuable than traditional classrooms. But the evidence — and AVLI student and teacher experiences — tell a different story. From building time management skills to forming strong teacher relationships to earning respected dual credits, virtual learning can extend opportunities without losing the heart of faith-based education.

In my last post to CrossCurrents , I began the task of unpacking a way of considering big life issues by seeking truth in the small...

“You know what truth is? It’s some crazy thing my neighbor believes. If I want to make friends with him, I ask him what he believes. He tells me, and I say, ‘Yeah, yeah – ain’t it the truth.’” Fictitious character Rabo Karabekian from Kurt Vonnegut’s Breakfast of Champions  (1973) With this post, I’m afraid I am heading back down the rabbit hole.  My initial intention was to write a tidy, concise article about the need to intentionally teach and practice discernment as a prac