Patrick Downey has held various roles in numerous educational settings for over twenty years, evenly divided between Public and Christian Schools.   

Both sides often ask, “Do you notice major differences?” 

His response has been, “Yes, but that would fill a book.”  

This is that book.   

His conclusion is profoundly simple:  

Christian Education is Tethered.  Public Education is Untethered.  

This interactive workbook guides the Christian School faculty through Tethered and Untethered Education- defined Philosophically, Foundationally, and Functionally.  

Today’s Christian School sits at a confluence of strong currents:

A Gospel-motivated desire to grow enrollment.  

Increasing Public School dissatisfaction.  

Expanding access to Public funding.   

The purpose of this book is to prevent the Christian School from drifting in those waters by securely tethering it to Jesus Christ.