What you need to succeed

Before I put forth what follows, please know that I am not big on the pragmatic arguments for education.  Its not that they are not relevant (we do need to work or we should not eat) but that they are low.  There are so many better reasons to pursue a great education for ourselves and [...]

Why Latin?: 10 Answers to a Perennial Question

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 if you want to give your children a classical [...]

Watch This Video, There Will Be a Test at the End…

Is there room for humor in education?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dAujuqCo7s

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 [...]

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 [...]

Why are we doing this?

A review of “The Ministry of Teaching, L. Martin Nussbaum” as reprinted in the ACSI Legal/Legislative Update, Winter 2007.
This brief one-page article recently crossed my desk and struck me as summarizing many of the things that we do as teachers that need our constant remembrance. The heart of a teacher can easily be forgotten [...]

Teaching Them to Obey…

I have recently blogged on the issue of obedience over on my general blog ruminating on Bishop Ryle’s great text, “The Duties of Parents.” It is on my mind a lot these days both due to having four boys of my own and due to my position as head of a school. I [...]

Sources for Conversation

I am always looking for things that will spark more discussion about good, true, and beautiful education. Here are two spots on the web worthy of conversation:
Andrew Kern’s Foundational Principles
Andrew Campbell’s Ordering Principles
Give both a good read and keep the conversation going…

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