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Ten Great Christian Books
by Martin Cothran My new article, “Ten Great Christian Books,” is up at Memoria Press’ website: This is a list, not of the ten greatest Christian novels, since I haven’t read all the Christian novels ever written, but at least ten of the greatest. Any one of these would make a Read more…
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Highest ACT in Louisville for Highlands Latin School Graduating Class
According to Louisville Magazine, Highlands Latin School had the highest ACT scores of any other school in Jefferson County, Kentucky: (more…)
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Ipad woes in Los Angeles schools should be a warning to the rest of us
by Martin Cothran
The education technology train wreck in the Los Angeles Unified School District should serve as a lesson to schools on the inadvisability of trying to throw technology at education problems. It’s hard to fathom the mindset of people who think that simply distributing iPads will solve the education woes of school.
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Tech startup CEO tells why he isn’t looking for computer science majors
How many times have you been asked why you’re teaching so much Latin and literature in your school and so little computer science?
One response is to point out that the thinking skills you get from studying an inflected grammar and the interpersonal skills you learn from literature are far more useful. But here’s another perspective from a tech CEO, who says that tech education, even at some of our most prestigious schools, doesn’t make graduates any more attractive to him: (more…)
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Grammar and the Fall of Education
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Why the liberal arts are worth preserving
by Martin Cothran
From the August 7th Wall Street Journal article, “The Suicide of the Liberal Arts,” by John Agresto: “To restore the liberal arts, those of us who teach should begin by thinking about students. Almost all of them have serious questions about major issues, and all of them are looking for answers. What is right? What is love? What do I owe others? What do others owe me?”