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Why Leave the U.S. to Teach CCE in Africa
Why Leave the U.S. to Teach CCE in Africa

Why would a successful classical educator leave a school in America to move to Africa? How do you know if you are called by God to serve as a missionary? Don’t American classical schools need more educators as well? Five Rafiki… Continue Reading

Date posted11/9/2021


What’s So Liberal about the Liberal Arts?
What’s So Liberal about the Liberal Arts?

In the middle of the phrase “liberal arts education” is the important word “liberal”. But how are these arts liberal? Some say it is that these arts are liberating; they free men and women who study them. Others say they are the arts… Continue Reading

Date posted11/9/2021


The Board’s Role in Building a Dynamic Leadership Team
The Board’s Role in Building a Dynamic Leadership Team

Developing a clear and effective administrative structure is fundamental to building a great school. Often, schools operate on very thin margins hoping to save resources, reduce tuition, or prevent being perceived as “top heavy”? However… Continue Reading

Date posted11/4/2021


Teaching Christian Rhetoric with St. Augustine
Teaching Christian Rhetoric with St. Augustine

Given that Rhetoric itself is a disputed term–variously defined by different practitioners, theorists, and philosophers in different time periods–adding the adjective Christian to the word Rhetoric only serves to further muddy the waters… Continue Reading

Date posted11/3/2021


How CCE is Impacting University Students in Zambia
How CCE is Impacting University Students in Zambia

Since the African Christian University (ACU) is the only university in the country offering classical Christian education, it serves as a case study viewing the impact that CCE has on Zambian university students. These are primarily seen… Continue Reading

Date posted10/29/2021


The Love of Learning with Margarita A. Mooney
The Love of Learning with Margarita A. Mooney

Through examples of people who have pursued excellence through liberal arts education, this book explores the key ideas and thinkers who shape the way we think about and practice education. The chapters of the book emerged from webinar… Continue Reading

Date posted10/26/2021


Covid Best Practices
Covid Best Practices

There are still many challenges to overcome and issues to consider as we slowly climb our way out of the pandemic. In addition to reflecting on the lessons Covid has taught us from an educational perspective, several other social issues… Continue Reading

Date posted09/30/2021


How to Achieve Schole Amidst the Chaos of Culture
How to Achieve Schole Amidst the Chaos of Culture

Ironically the Greek word scholé is the root of our word “school”. Scholé as articulated by Aristotle and then adapted and transformed by the early church, means something like undistracted time to study the things most worthwhile (usually… Continue Reading

Date posted09/12/2021


Transformational Moments with Aslan: Encountering Christ in Narnia
Transformational Moments with Aslan: Encountering Christ in Narnia

C. S. Lewis’s Chronicles of Narnia offer young readers both delightful stories and incredible spiritual insights. In this presentation, we will explore the transformational power of Aslan as the Christ figure of Narnia. We will look at… Continue Reading

Date posted06/26/2021


Developing The Executive Team: A Leadership Training Program
Developing The Executive Team: A Leadership Training Program

It’s lonely at the top. Every School Head bears the heavy weight of responsibility, but an effective, unified, executive leadership team not only lessens that burden, enhances the effectiveness of the top leader and extends his/her tenure… Continue Reading

Date posted06/26/2021


How to Create a Mission-Aligned Student Culture in a Collaborative Model Upper School
How to Create a Mission-Aligned Student Culture in a Collaborative Model Upper School

If culture eats strategy for breakfast, then what are some strategic initiatives we can devise for consumption that will replicate within our student bodies (their culture) the altruistic elements and distinctives of our classical… Continue Reading

Date posted06/26/2021


“I Doubt, Therefore I Believe?”
“I Doubt, Therefore I Believe?”

Using Lundin as a guide, this workshop will 1) briefly trace some of the intellectual challenges of the modern age; 2) read some selections that highlight doubt and faith during this time; 3) and discuss how the idea of "believing again"… Continue Reading

Date posted06/26/2021