Community and Communication

Someone with whom I sometimes correpsond regarding CCE (Brad Poteat) in Indianapolis has written a thoughtful blog recently on the subject of community in a CCE setting.  I would commend its reading to you: http://thearc.wordpress.com/2006/09/20/christian-paideia-forms-one-community/
What I would like to suggest be a strand of conversation coming out of it is the correct means of furthering [...]

Has My Two Mommys Made it to Mainstream?

I started to read this article, then I kept reading, then I reread it, and I still find it really tough to fathom.  The author’s last line is about all I could say as well, “Think about this.  Think real hard!”
http://www.townonline.com/newton/opinion/view.bg?articleid=610359

It’s not how many, but what…

In response to this article:
http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,650205889,00.html
I would ask, if you get smaller class sizes but still do the same things, will it make any difference other than spending more money?

Here I am, on the scene, high above my child’s life…

What an interesting new addition to modern phraseology: “helicopter parenting.”  I am going to assume that most of us have heard this enough to find out what it dennotes, and to then shake our heads as educators over how prevalent we know the phenomenon of parents “hanging” over their children has become.   And it is [...]

The Essence of Education

Majorly high ambitions with this blogfest…
Going to try and spell out my current understanding of education, classical and Christian…

What is education?  The cultivation of wisdom and virtue.
What are the essential elements to such an education?

The contemplation of Truth, Goodness, and Beauty.
The inculcation of the Seven Liberal Arts through the formation of the habits of a [...]