Bio
 | Sara Capps Furlich is an educational consultant. She served as a faculty member and Dean of Instruction at West Dallas Community School for eleven years. West Dallas is a College Preparatory Classical Christian School for low-income students. Over the last twelve years, West Dallas has demonstrated that at-risk students are capable of competing academically with more advantaged schools and students. Sara helped establish the educational legacy at West Dallas as their first Class One teacher and Director of Testing and Admissions. In addition to leading West Dallas as a fledgling school, she has consulted for new schools in Wichita Falls, TX; Atlanta, GA; Tulsa, OK, and Wheaton, IL. This last year, she served as the Head of School Pro Tem, establishing The Wilberforce School in Princeton, NJ |
Previously, Sara’s
knowledge of sound curriculum and pedagogy led to a position with Saxon Publishers
in developing a new line of language arts programs. At Saxon, her leadership
brought clear educational direction to the curriculum development team. The
programs flourished under her leadership as she worked with a network of
authors and consultants from across the country.
Sara has a degree from
Baylor University in Elementary Education and is certified in both K-8
Instruction and Special Education. She has her Masters in Christian
Education from Dallas Theological Seminary. Her academic track emphasized
systematic and practical theology. She is a member and teacher at
Fellowship Bible Church Dallas.
Sara is passionate about classical education and longs to see this vision for education permeate both private and public education in America. As a Christian, she longs to see Christian schools raise students whose hearts are tender toward the Lord and who exemplify Christ in scholarship, service, and worldview.
Sara’s educational
philosophy can best be described as a Charlotte Mason classical education.
Charlotte Mason was an educational reformer in England in the early 20th
century. Sara believes strongly in the principles of a Charlotte Mason
education and thinks they are best realized in the context of a classical
education.