Why Latin?: 10 Answers to a Perennial Question

by Drew Campbell, brought over from his excellent site (www.latincentered.com)
Let’s get back to basics: What is it about Latin, anyway? Why privilege this “dead” language over other subjects? Why spend so much time on something that probably won’t help your students earn a higher salary or win friends and influence people?
The simple answer is that [...]

Starting a New Year of School

The start of school is so sweet and exciting.  Starting school is also one of the hardest things a teacher can be put through.  How do these two observations stand together?  It is much like a marriage honeymoon: lots of joy and lots of adjustment.  And that is because both the start to a school [...]

One of Boyden’s Boys Writes It Up Right

Frank Boyden is a giant, perhaps the giant, among American headmasters.  I need to give him several blogs at some point.  One of his students, John A. Pidgeon, has recently blogged about his 45 years in private education.  It is great reading for anyone who wonders how we got from WWII to where we are [...]