The fourth graders were learning about the American Civil War and the Gettysburg Address. The exercise on the day I observed had students re-writing Lincoln’s immortal speech in their own words. A simple, common assignment, but something… Continue Reading
It is widely believed that we are engaged in a war for our culture. More accurately, we are in the middle of a battle in a war that has been raging since Socrates challenged the sophists. As Christian classical educators, our enemies are… Continue Reading
Why study Latin? All of us in classical, Christian education have asked the question. Rather than spout statistics proving that Latin comes in handy on the SAT’s, we might focus on three less practical reasons for the study of Latin. Latin… Continue Reading
Your school’s website is the most critical and cost-effective element of your marketing strategy. Properly used, your website will maximize the effectiveness of “word of mouth” marketing, offer more information than printed materials, and… Continue Reading
Professional observers of the living world (Ecologists) agree that members of the same species compete for limited natural resources such as food or shelter materials when they occupy the same physical location. But ecologists have long… Continue Reading
I am reading Paradise Lost by John Milton right now. It is a beautiful and difficult poem and I spend much energy trying to understand it. This week when we were discussing Satan in Book IV it struck me suddenly that I am guilty of… Continue Reading
Hardly anything is more stressful, or potentially expensive, to a school community than the termination of an employee that results in a claim of discrimination. Over the years, we’ve encountered three common myths which make religious… Continue Reading
Today’s school administrators have to deal with a host of new student safety issues now that the “wireless” generation is on campus. Schools should respond by maintaining both comprehensive policies and the technological hardware to… Continue Reading
Douglas Wilson is right. In his review of Wisdom and Eloquence on the preceding pages, he says that every school must decide where they stand with respect to Dorothy Sayers’ characterization of classical education. He details his own… Continue Reading
Teachers are using projects, learning logs, performance assessments, and other alternative forms of assessment. When employing such assessment tools, how can they communicate expectations clearly, evaluate student performance fairly, and… Continue Reading
Early in my introduction to classical education, I observed a tacit assumption at work. While the classical educators with whom I spoke strongly opposed the notion, it will all too apparent through curriculum selection and scholastic… Continue Reading
