More threatening to classical Christian schools than “political correctness” is “cultural correctness,” the widely disseminated moral and religious assumptions that are often embedded in Christian parents and students, even those who are… Continue Reading
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How can you help raise teacher and student engagement? How must your approach differ between creative types and educators? Come explore the challenges many schools face and nd some answers. We’ll discuss how to harness the creative spirit… Continue Reading
More than likely, your school views its Rhetoric program as a distinctive. It is an aspect of your school that sets it apart from other schools in your geographic community and it is something that allows your constituencies to rest… Continue Reading
Perhaps there is no work of imaginative literature in all the Western canon more preeminently about loving God with our minds than John Milton’s Paradise Lost. This session will highlight three ways that Milton’s poem invites its reader to… Continue Reading
We all have “blindspots” in our lives, or things that we just can’t see. This isn’t because those things aren’t right in front of us, but because we don’t have eyes to see them. Having students from diverse backgrounds — racially… Continue Reading
Audio recording from Summer Conference 2018. Continue Reading
Latin is an intimidating subject to teach! Pronunciation, declensions, conjugations — it is enough to make your brain hurt. In this presentation, attendees will learn the basics of Latin so they can feel con dent to teach their students… Continue Reading
Teachers often view their role in the classroom as one of instruction, correction and encouragement. But this perspective overlooks a key element of any successful classroom culture: affirmation. How can teachers correct and affirm… Continue Reading
Perhaps the best way to have students who love to learn, love each other and love God is to do those things ourselves. A faculty committed to the historic disciplines of the Christian faith may be the best way to cultivate these types of… Continue Reading
In the early 19th century, Yale College stood as the last, great bastion of classical education in the United States. Buffeted by demands for “useful learning” and scathing critiques of “dead languages,” the Yale faculty produced an… Continue Reading
In the Gospel of Mark, Jesus told his disciples, “You know that those who are considered rulers over the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great ones exercise authority over them. Yet it shall not be so among you; but whoever desires… Continue Reading
Many a parent has been elected to their school’s board, excited about opportunities to support the mission, exchange ideas with the leadership and instigate growth and improvement. And many a board member has found doing these noble things… Continue Reading