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The First Reading War Early in our nation’s history, most children learned to read phonically. They first learned the alphabet and a common corresponding sound for each letter. Then, they practiced reading simple two-letter combinations… Continue Reading
So what is on your list of books to read?” This is my perennial question to my college students as I prepare to send them out into the periods of time out from under my supervision. In the season of curriculum review, it is also a good… Continue Reading
Educators must necessarily spend a lot of time assembling and mastering the content of their lessons. In addition to what is being taught, teachers must also attend to matters of educational method. The best teachers go a step further and… Continue Reading
Colin Gunton, late professor of Christian Doctrine at King’s College in London, undertakes a monumental task in The One, the Three, and the Many. Gunton wrote the book to “illumine both the gospel and the modern condition, so that a… Continue Reading
I am starting to feel sorry for some of the younger students in classical schools. They sit in rows, laboring through stacks of information, occasionally standing to chant or recite in chorus. They are not unhappy, but the big kids get to… Continue Reading
A question was once, somehow or other, started between Collins and me, of the propriety of educating the female sex in learning, and their abilities for study. He was of opinion that it was improper, and that they were naturally unequal to… Continue Reading
Of the five canons of rhetoric, memory is treated by some of the most well-known modern rhetoric resources in underdeveloped and oversimplified ways, if it is considered at all. The insinuation given is that the fourth canon is simply… Continue Reading
Audio recording from Summer Conference 2010. Continue Reading
Audio recording from Summer Conference 2010. Continue Reading
The four liberal arts of the Quadrivium – arithmetic, geometry, music, and astronomy – have been central to the Western vision of education since the time of Plato and Aristotle. They actually provide the tools of learning for many other… Continue Reading
In this seminar I present a defense of Classical Christian Education that features seven reasons why it the best educational approach for our sons and daughters: 1) It provides a coherent means of understanding God, the world and ourselves… Continue Reading
Ironically named, physicist David Bohm (1917-1992) worked on the Manhattan Project. during his later years, he conceived of dialogue groups as a way to deal with problems threatening mankind. David Bohm’s On Dialogue is not merely about… Continue Reading
