The “Aspen Method” derives from the The Aspen Institute’s famed Executive Leadership Seminar. Founded in 1949 by Mortimer Adler and Robert Maynard Hutchins of the University of Chicago, Aspen’s Executive Leadership Seminar seeks to teach… Continue Reading
While grammar schools are a strength in the classical Christian education movement, they probably have not received as much help or assessment from the classical tradition as have upper schools. How do we discern what is classical and what… Continue Reading
Throughout the tradition of classical liberal arts education, science (or natural philosophy) plays an important role. The teaching of “science” today, however is often undertaken in a way that is deeply incongruous with the tradition’s… Continue Reading
Among contemporary classical educators, John Dewey is routinely denounced as the arch-antagonist of classical education. He is treated as the champion of the progressive education movement which supplanted classical liberal arts education… Continue Reading
The perpetuation and equipping of the Board is the Board’s primary responsibility and a key means by which the Board protects the long term mission. This means your Board’s Committee on Trustees is critical for your school’s success. In… Continue Reading
On the one hand, the students want to go deeper than their high school reading of Homer and Shakespeare. On the other hand, most of them are not aiming for a life in academia. They want to find a college where they can read Thucydides and… Continue Reading
Owen Barfield was one of the Inklings—the group of friends and writers surrounding C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien. In this workshop, we look at the main themes of Barfield’s 1957 book Saving the Appearances: A Study in Idolatry. Barfield’s… Continue Reading
Discussion will include some introductory ideas and experiences for people who want to incorporate Latin songs and spoken language but who have not had the training or context and don’t know where to start. Noah Perrin Noah graduated from… Continue Reading
Roman teachers organized the rhetoric curriculum with declamation exercises as the capstone. Preliminary exercises (progymnasmata) prepared students not for theses, but for declamations. The most important of these exercises, called… Continue Reading
Standards-based grading involves several key aspects of assessment for learning that are different from a traditional grading structure. It provides the opportunity to transform classroom assessment from assessment for a grade to… Continue Reading
SCL provides numerous opportunities to be involved in a cohort involving others in similar positions the opportunity to learn and grow together. Our Heads of School cohort is one of our most popular. Learn from Keith Nix, the HOS cohort… Continue Reading
Session recording from Summer Conference 2021. Continue Reading
