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Highlands Latin School proves, year after year, that a focus on academics within a Christian culture forms extraordinary students. Highlands Latin has scored in the top 1% of schools across the country for 13 years in a row on the ITBS standardized test. The average HLS student scores 3.5 grades above their actual grade level. If you are a CLSA member school and you have news that would be of interest to other schools, please Read more…

There are 64 possible argument forms, but only 19 of them are valid—in other words, only 19 of the 64 are constructed in such a way that their conclusion necessarily follows from their premises. And of the 19 valid forms, only five of them are commonly used. Read more here.

There are numerous stories about liberal arts majors who have no trouble being hired by tech companies. Why? Because they can think and communicate. One of the important points such cases illustrate is that, while a narrow technical education can enable you to “hit the ground running” (what many tech jobs do indeed require), what happens in the long haul is another story. Many studies have found that liberal arts majors outperform their more narrowly Read more…

In a recent New York Times Book Review article, Zoe Lescaze reviews Frankenstein: The First Two Hundred Years, by Christopher Frayling. Frayling, says Lescaze, traces the descent of the Frankenstein story, originally written as a novel by Mary Shelley in 1818.  The story of a human monster who is created by a hubristic scientist has been slowly degraded and cheapened over the years so that the original meaning of the story has been all but buried. In today’s Read more…

On this day in 312 A.D., Constantine is said to have received the vision of the Cross. After the death of the Western Emperor Constantius, there was a struggle for succession. Constantine was one of Constantius’ sons, and his father’s troops proclaimed him Emperor. But the rules of succession at the time were not clear. But, while Constantine was in Gaul with his father’s troops, there were other contenders for the throne in other parts Read more…

My most recent blog post at Memoria Press: In Walter Isaacson’s 2008 biography of Albert Einstein, he quotes the great scientist as saying, “Imagination is more important than knowledge.” Einstein was certainly an example of this maxim, with many of his scientific discoveries having resulted from his own thought experiments. But this maxim applies even more so to the newest object of Isaacson’s interest: Leonardo da Vinci. In his new biography of Leonardo, Isaacson takes Read more…

Weren’t able to make Memoria Press’ annual summer conference this year? You can now purchase access to stream videos of the plenaries from Memoria Press’ 2017 CLSA Teacher Training Conference. A $20 membership grants you a year of streaming access to: Martin Cothran, Andrew Pudewa, Professor Carol, Paul Schaeffer: Opening Reception Panel Discussion (1 hr. 11 mins) Professor Carol: Cultivating Artistic Literacy (40 mins) Andrew Pudewa: However Imperfectly (35 mins) Martin Cothran: Why Knowledge Matters (34 mins) Professor Carol: Understanding 19th Century History Through Read more…