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Puzzle, Proof, and Play: A Pedagogy of Wonder for Mathematics
Puzzle, Proof, and Play: A Pedagogy of Wonder for Mathematics

Most math teachers love mathematics and one of their greatest desires is to nurture a similar love in their students. But more often than they might like, the structure of the mathematics curriculum seems opposed to the cultivation of this… Continue Reading

Date posted06/18/2016


The Virtue of Selfishness: Ayn Rand as Moral Atheist
The Virtue of Selfishness: Ayn Rand as Moral Atheist

Collin Fredricks Collin Fredricks graduated from Covenant Classical School in Fort Worth. During his time there he enjoyed competing with the Mock Trial team, playing basketball and serving as the Wilberforce House captain. Collin will… Continue Reading

Date posted06/18/2016


Finding Wonders, Work, Wisdom and Worship in Natural Science
Finding Wonders, Work, Wisdom and Worship in Natural Science

Natural science teachers love to delight their students with natural wonders and see jaws drop. But as students get older, teachers feel pressure to increase rigor, which can squeeze out room for wonder. But Einstein says that the state of… Continue Reading

Date posted06/18/2016


Why Rhetoric is Not a Subject, Why Every Subject Needs Rhetoric, and How to Teach It
Why Rhetoric is Not a Subject, Why Every Subject Needs Rhetoric, and How to Teach It

Our fragmented age tends to think of everything we do in school as a subject, no more or less important than any other subject. Kern contends that Rhetoric is so important that it should not even be considered a subject. Indeed, teaching… Continue Reading

Date posted06/18/2016


Wonder Leads to Worship
Wonder Leads to Worship

Constant saturation with technology can produce students who are jaded and apathetic. However, humans bearing the divine image are designed to contemplate the wonders produced by the divine hand and worship the creator in response. In this… Continue Reading

Date posted06/18/2016


Latin Leaning in the Age of Amnesia
Latin Leaning in the Age of Amnesia

Although many classical educators readily acknowledge the importance of the verbal and mathematical arts, there is often less con dence about the importance of studying Latin. Is Latin really essential to a Christian education in today’s… Continue Reading

Date posted06/18/2016


Teaching Sentence Diagramming as Storytelling
Teaching Sentence Diagramming as Storytelling

In his book Teaching as Story Telling, Kieran Egan encourages teachers to incorporate imaginative storytelling techniques into our lessons. But how can we teach grammar as a story? How can diagramming sentences spark the imagination? The… Continue Reading

Date posted06/18/2016


Did Rome Fall? And Other Historical Questions That We Need to Ask But Seldom Do
Did Rome Fall? And Other Historical Questions That We Need to Ask But Seldom Do

Historical “facts” do not speak for themselves. They have meaning only when we place them into a narrative frame. As Christian educators we need to teach our history students to interrogate the historical narratives that frame our… Continue Reading

Date posted06/18/2016


Why Can’t They Just Sit Still? An Exploration of Dualism’s Impact on Modern Education
Why Can’t They Just Sit Still? An Exploration of Dualism’s Impact on Modern Education

The culture of American education is increasingly focused on one goal: higher performance at a younger age. As a result, very young hearts are anxious and fearful under the pressure of expectations that are perhaps beyond their ability… Continue Reading

Date posted06/18/2016


Cultivating Spirituality and the Challenge of Digital Screen Technology
Cultivating Spirituality and the Challenge of Digital Screen Technology

Digital screen technologies are playing an ever-increasingly present role in our lives and the lives of our students. While such technologies have many benefits, they also pose a number of significant challenges to the cultivation of… Continue Reading

Date posted06/18/2016


Plato: Understanding the Foundations of the Classical Education Tradition
Plato: Understanding the Foundations of the Classical Education Tradition

Plato is one of the principal founders of the Western intellectual tradition, and his understanding of education has had a profound impact on the development of educational theory and practice around the world for nearly two-and-a-half… Continue Reading

Date posted06/17/2016


Modern Pressures, Ancient Practices, Space for Grace-A Chapel Theme for Christians in the…
Modern Pressures, Ancient Practices, Space for Grace-A Chapel Theme for Christians in the…

“Teenagers live today in a world of competing allegiances.” How disoriented our students must feel! The questions provoked by life in America today in some ways aren’t new, but in many ways are deeper and more pressing than ever before… Continue Reading

Date posted06/17/2016