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FROM “THE DIFFERENCE”
30 minutes of Homer Why didn’t do anything for my child?
Musing vs. Being Amused BY NATHAN DOWD One of the reasons why a classical education can be...
FOMO, FOBO, or Frodo?
When Frodo stood forth at the Council of Elrond and presented himself as the ring bearer for a...
The Discipleship of Godspeed
Setting the Right Pace for the School Year BY ROY GRIFFITH It’s official–the school year is well...
OUR SCHOOLS
What does it mean to be an ACCS Accredited school?
An answer from a newly accredited member During the past two years, Veritas Christian Academy has...
Parent Reading Lists: Read and Listen Survey Results
Photo by Frank Holleman on UnsplashREAD & LISTEN: SURVEY RESULTSBooks about Classical...
Greek Words We Have No Translation For
Read more: Why do we study the Greeks so much? ~by Louis Markos By Elise Goodwin Greek Words We...
OUR SCHOOLS
30 minutes of Homer Why didn’t do anything for my child?
Musing vs. Being Amused BY NATHAN DOWD One of the reasons why a classical education can be...
FROM “THE DIFFERENCE”
30 minutes of Homer Why didn’t do anything for my child?
Musing vs. Being Amused BY NATHAN DOWD One of the reasons why a classical education can be...
CLASSICAL IN THE NEWS
Student Contests and Events
Audition By: February 1Deadlines: SpringDeadline: SpringDeadline: Summer
Graduates Pursue a Different Path
Alumni Profile You’re sitting down for dinner with the family, and your senior—who has attended a...
Doing Hard Things Well
Jake has a hard time trying to learn something he doesn’t easily understand. If he gets an...
200 New Classical Christian Schools Open in Just 2 Years
For the Association of Classical Christian Schools (ACCS), 30 years of hard work is starting to...
Liam’s Wish
LIAM MCCALMON, a fifth grade student at Agathos Classical School in Columbia, TN, has used a...
Soulfood for Storytellers
HBO is telling stories that become social justice movements. Parents have a big job....
Recovering Classical Christian Education
Associates for Biblical Research Mr. John Mark Niehls, headmaster of ACCS member Coventry...
Better Questions, Better Answers
Three Types of Questions to Ask Your Child BY MANDI GERTH As parents, we long to engage our children in meaningful conversation but often don’t know how. It’s hard to move a conversation forward after a reply like “fine” or “okay.” It’s also hard to fault the response...
The Good Soil Study:
Alumni life outcomes by type of school, including ACCS.
What every parent should consider.
Watch more at ClassicalChristian.org.
INSIDE YOUR CLASSICAL CLASSROOM
Classical Conundrums – Why Rhetoric?
Have Questions About Classical Christian Education? We are here to help! Q:Why do classical schools teach Rhetoric, and what is it? A:Socrates was...
Classical Conundrums: Why are seniors required to write and defend a thesis?
Have questions about classical Christian education? Ask us here. Q: Why are seniors required to write and defend a thesis? A: "The senior thesis...
Liam’s Wish
LIAM MCCALMON, a fifth grade student at Agathos Classical School in Columbia, TN, has used a devastating diagnosis to glorify God and help his...
What does it mean to be an ACCS Accredited school?
An answer from a newly accredited member During the past two years, Veritas Christian Academy has undertaken the task of changing accrediting...
EYE ON EDUCATION
A Nation of Biblical Illiterates
A timely wake-up call for Christian parents and pastors The Cultural Research Center of Arizona Christian University has released its American Worldview Inventory 2022. The results are disconcerting, to put it mildly. Two-thirds of parents of pre-teens in America...
200 New Classical Christian Schools Open in Just 2 Years
For the Association of Classical Christian Schools (ACCS), 30 years of hard work is starting to pay off. Dr. Timothy Dernlan, vice president of member services and advancement at ACCS, told The Lion that 100 new ACCS schools opened in the past year. ...
Classical Education Meets New College of Florida
DeSantis’ College Appointees Like Chris Rufo Show The Battle For America’s Academies Is Far From Over ... Shortly after the announcement was made, DeSantis’ chief of staff, James Uthmeier, indicated that a priority of the new trustees would be establishing a...
Can the Classic Learning Test Replace the SAT?
On this episode of Take Back Our Schools, Andrew and Beth welcome classical education innovator Jeremy Tate who talks about his experiences teaching in inner city New York City and what led him to found the Classic Learning Test, a standardized test for classical...
ACT Test Scores Drop to Lowest Point in 30 Years
ACT scores have dropped to their lowest point in 30 years according to AP News, based on a recent report from the ACT. According to AP News: The class of 2022′s average ACT composite score was 19.8 out of 36, marking the first time since 1991 that the average score...
Watching Phones Instead Of Reading Good Books Is Starving Kids’ Souls
By: Katie Schuermann The Federalist Recently, The Federalist reprinted an excerpt from Consortium for Classical Lutheran Education 2022 Conference. So many of these students grew up reading, hearing, watching, and absorbing stories that assert they are omniscient,...
30 minutes of Homer Why didn’t do anything for my child?
Musing vs. Being Amused BY NATHAN DOWD One of the reasons why a classical education can be challenging is that classical teachers seek to stretch the student’s ability to muse. Musing isn’t easy. There are legions of amusing things to distract us from the True,the...
FOMO, FOBO, or Frodo?
When Frodo stood forth at the Council of Elrond and presented himself as the ring bearer for a quest which seemed certain to fail, he obeyed a sense of calling far deeper than logic. But while the decision was clear to him, he still did not “know the way.” He needed...
The Discipleship of Godspeed
Setting the Right Pace for the School Year BY ROY GRIFFITH It’s official–the school year is well underway. Shorter daylight hours and earlier bedtimes are now the rule of life, along with new friends, new teachers, and new things to learn. The slower pace of summer...
Better Questions, Better Answers
Three Types of Questions to Ask Your Child BY MANDI GERTH As parents, we long to engage our children in meaningful conversation but often don’t know how. It’s hard to move a conversation forward after a reply like “fine” or “okay.” It’s also hard to fault the response...
Little Things
Little drops of water, Little grains of sand, Make the mighty ocean And the pleasant land. Little deeds of kindness, Little words of love, Make our earth an Eden, Like the heaven above. By: Julia Carney When my children were young, our days were filled with...
Rejoice When They Revile
When I was in fourth or fifth grade, I was at the home of a friend who attended a local public school. At some point during our pretend play, she said, “I know you’re nice, but your school is full of mean rich kids.” I don’t remember how I responded, but the...
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FOR PARENTS
30 minutes of Homer Why didn’t do anything for my child?
Musing vs. Being Amused BY NATHAN DOWD One of the reasons why a classical education can be challenging is that classical teachers seek to stretch...
Better Questions, Better Answers
Three Types of Questions to Ask Your Child BY MANDI GERTH As parents, we long to engage our children in meaningful conversation but often don’t know...
FAITH & CULTURE
Lifebuoys for the Soul
By Emily Morales Apologetics Resources Equip Parents for Today’s Ideological Arena If you have seen the holiday classic, A Christmas Story, then you...
Classical Conundrums: Why Dances?
Have questions about classical Christian education? We are here to help! Q: Why do classical Christian schools have traditional folk dances...
COLLEGE
Graduates Pursue a Different Path
Alumni Profile You’re sitting down for dinner with the family, and your senior—who has attended a classical Christian school since...
Classical Education Meets New College of Florida
DeSantis’ College Appointees Like Chris Rufo Show The Battle For America’s Academies Is Far From Over ... Shortly after the announcement was made,...
BOOKS
The Consolation of Philosophy
Don't Forget God's Sovereignty How Great Literature Helps Us Understand Our World BY BILL STUTZMAN* Falsely accused and imprisoned, Boethius has lost everything and cannot understand why. While wallowing in the empty comforts of self-indulgent poetry (did someone say,...
Life Skills
“And having thus passed the principles of arithmetic, geometry, astronomy, and geography, with a general compact of physics, they may descend in mathematics to the instrumental science of trigonometry, and from thence to fortification, architecture, engineering, and...
Parent Reading Lists: Read and Listen Survey Results
Photo by Frank Holleman on UnsplashREAD & LISTEN: SURVEY RESULTSBooks about Classical Education ▾Books from the Classroom ▾Podcasts forKids ▸Read about CCE from A-Z ▸ Rewind: Audiobooks for Summer Afternoons ▸"CHRISTIAN PARENTS are ultimately responsible for the...
MORE NEWS
A Nation of Biblical Illiterates
A timely wake-up call for Christian parents and pastors The Cultural Research Center of Arizona Christian University has released its American Worldview Inventory 2022. The results are disconcerting, to put it mildly. Two-thirds of parents of pre-teens in America...
200 New Classical Christian Schools Open in Just 2 Years
For the Association of Classical Christian Schools (ACCS), 30 years of hard work is starting to pay off. Dr. Timothy Dernlan, vice president of member services and advancement at ACCS, told The Lion that 100 new ACCS schools opened in the past year. ...
Classical Education Meets New College of Florida
DeSantis’ College Appointees Like Chris Rufo Show The Battle For America’s Academies Is Far From Over ... Shortly after the announcement was made, DeSantis’ chief of staff, James Uthmeier, indicated that a priority of the new trustees would be establishing a...
VIDEOS
Repairing the Ruins
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Recovering Classical Christian Education
Associates for Biblical Research Mr. John Mark Niehls, headmaster of ACCS member Coventry Christian Schools in Pottstown, PA, explains the "Gospel-centered and time tested alternative: Classical Christian Education." To say that western society is destroying itself...
A New Documentary: The Miseducation of America
By David Goodwin, President, ACCSIn this article: The Story of Education | A Two-year Project | Inside the Documentary | Out-takes and Fun Facts | Paideia Battle for the American Mind, by Pete Hegseth and David Goodwin.The #1 New York Times Bestseller Learn...
