Among the many things that—for me at least—add to the magic of Christmastime is the annual dusting off of some wonderful hymns on the Advent of our Lord. I rotate between favorites. A few years ago it was “Thou Who Wast Rich Beyond All Splendor.” Last year it was “Of Read more…
Fyodor Dostoevsky’s classic, The Brothers Karamazov, is, for my money, mainly about the soul of Russia as it was in the late 19th century. It is mainly about the tug-of-war between the swelling tide of atheism (as represented by Ivan, Rakitin, and Smerdyakov) and the flickering light of theism as Read more…
A classical education—by any worthwhile definition—emphasizes the ancient civilizations of Greece and Rome in its curriculum. Their histories, literature, and ideas get more airtime than anyone else’s. That emphasis precipitates a persistent question in the minds of many present-day parents and educators who, being drawn to classical education through its Read more…
A little more than a month ago, one of the short-lived internet firestorms to which we’ve now grown so accustomed cropped up and raged as the dates of a homeschooling summit hosted by Harvard Law School drew nearer. At the center of the impending summit (now postponed due to COVID-19), Read more…
Great Hearts Academies is a growing non-profit network of 33 schools currently serving almost 19,000 students in Arizona and Texas. Great Hearts’ academies are substantially outperforming other public and private schools, proving that public, tuition-free schools can do a superb job of educating students if they are smaller, more efficient, Read more…
First penned in 1886, The Seven Laws of Teaching was written by a man named John Milton Gregory (1822-1898), who wrote the book for Sunday school teachers in the churches of which he was a part. His aim was to provide these volunteer teachers with the sine qua non of Read more…
Northern Colorado Christian Academy is now hiring teachers for grades 3-5 for the 2020-2021 school year! If you’re interested in joining an established classical, Christian school as a full-time teacher, please email info@nocochristian.org for more information.
In the summer of 2015, four friends in southwest Ohio gathered in a living room to share their hopes and dreams for their children’s education. They were captivated by this thing called “classical education,” by the idea that education is about one generation passing on its culture to the next Read more…