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Parent Training and Building a Christian Family
Parent Training and Building a Christian Family

Although facing the uncertainty of the external political and social environment, Christian Classical education in China is growing quickly through its infancy stage. Thus far, we have anxiously focused on the education of students and… Continue Reading

Date posted06/26/2021


Making the Board a Good Boss: a High Functioning HSEC
Making the Board a Good Boss: a High Functioning HSEC

The Head Support and Evaluation Committee is the place where the strategic Board, as boss of its one employee, interacts with the operational Head. A poorly functioning HSEC inevitably builds frustration on both sides of this interaction… Continue Reading

Date posted06/26/2021


Perpetual Enrollment: Together Until Graduation
Perpetual Enrollment: Together Until Graduation

“We are the only industry that repeatedly requires our customers to make a decision about whether to continue using our services.” – Pat Bassett, former head of NAIS Your cell phone company, your cable company, even your gym all operate on… Continue Reading

Date posted06/26/2021


Parental Controls Don’t Work
Parental Controls Don’t Work

No parental control software can completely protect your kid from online harm. And parental controls never replace the need for parents. After over 1,100 presentations, testifying in front of Congress, and countless conversations, PYE has… Continue Reading

Date posted06/26/2021


R. C. Sproul and the Revival of Classical Theism
R. C. Sproul and the Revival of Classical Theism

R. C. Sproul (1939-2017) was perhaps best known for his teaching on the holiness of God as exemplified in the publication of his classic text, The Holiness of God (1985). This workshop explores the broader context of R. C.’s education and… Continue Reading

Date posted06/26/2021


Teaching Science and Mathematics as Liberal Arts
Teaching Science and Mathematics as Liberal Arts

The dominant model for science and mathematics education does not always integrate well with a classical approach. The disconnect results from a set of assumptions about mathematics, science, and educational methodology passed down to us… Continue Reading

Date posted06/26/2021


It Takes a Team: Why the Head Must Not Go It Alone
It Takes a Team: Why the Head Must Not Go It Alone

Session recording from Summer Conference 2021. Continue Reading

Date posted06/26/2021


Uncovering Milton’s Classical Pedagogy
Uncovering Milton’s Classical Pedagogy

John Milton had considerable sway in the political discourse of his day, often writing at the intersection of philosophy, theology, and public policy. In fact Milton was the kind of public intellectual that classical educators hope to… Continue Reading

Date posted06/26/2021


Rethinking Board Training
Rethinking Board Training

It is typical for boards to follow a pretty set “curriculum” of board training, but then what? Can we go further in preserving and passing on institutional knowledge while simultaneously addressing more immediate concerns? All too often… Continue Reading

Date posted06/26/2021


Follow the Numbers: Using Admission Data to Build Strong Budgets
Follow the Numbers: Using Admission Data to Build Strong Budgets

Forecasting enrollment – and therefore available tuition dollars – is tricky business. The predictive data points range from number of tours and applications, to the number of seats available in each classroom, and the percentage of those… Continue Reading

Date posted06/25/2021


How to Teach Rhetoric in a Chinese Context
How to Teach Rhetoric in a Chinese Context

Misunderstandings abound about the nature of rhetoric, one of the biggest being that it is primarily a theory. But as the Roman rhetorician Quintilian clarifies, rhetoric is not a theoretical art but a practical art. We study rhetoric not… Continue Reading

Date posted06/25/2021


Leadership Lab
Leadership Lab

Great leadership is highly sought after and much discussed, but how do we really know that we are effectively teaching great leadership to our students? The same way that we often test other ideas – in the lab. We put our SR leadership… Continue Reading

Date posted06/25/2021