Education The Power of Story In Classical Christian Education, we believe in the power of story to form a person. We're all living in a story. We have the Biblical story, which is the ultimate story; the story of the cosmos, which God is still authoring (from a human perspective). That story starts
Education Classical Christian Education Lingo Lexicon This will be a post that I update periodically as I come across new terms, or people that others might like to know about. Association of Classical Christian Schools (ACCS) The Association of Classical Christian Schools was the first and is the largest member organization for classical Christian schools, formed
Education An Invitation to the Pain of Learning Last week I came across this article from 1941 by Mortimer Adler (the editor of the Great Books of the Western World series, as well as at least one book that's discussed in classical circles: The Paideia Proposal). I came across it while looking for the source of
Education The Lost Art of Conflict In C.S. Lewis’ On Reading Old Books we read: Every age has its own outlook. It is specially good at seeing certain truths and specially liable to make certain mistakes. We all, therefore, need the books that will correct the characteristic mistakes of our own period. And that means
Education The nature of cheating, and what to do about it Recently, I've been wrestling with what to do with cheating in my classroom. Do I name it and address it as such, or use other means to direct students toward what is right? Growing up in public school, my initial impulse is to call it out, and discipline
Education The Meaning of Education Yesterday, one of my students asked me why I reach for a dictionary (specifically, Noah Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language, from 1828) every time one of them asks the meaning of a word, instead of using Google. My response was that while technology can be useful,
Greek Why do we study Greek Mythology in Classical Christian Education? After all, weren't they pagans? One of my fellow teachers who is new to classical Christian education asked this great question a day or two ago. She also asked why we study Latin. If we studied the Greek language, at least the kids could read the New Testament, right? I've heard similar questions