Tips to Create a Linger-at-the-Table Culture in Your Family By Mandi GerthNot all of us grow up cooking with our parents. In fact, I affectionately tease my mother that she raised her children on a sparese menu of sloppy joes, chicken and wild rice, and meatloaf. She...
Century Watch This Year in History: 1626 By James Goode When most of us think of New York City, we picture skyscrapers, impossible traffic, Broadway, the Brooklyn Bridge, millions of crowded people, or a hundred other things. But I’m willing to bet that one thing you...
Why Financial Education Matters By Frank ClementWhy did they teach me calculus but never explain how money works?” You might have heard that question, or even asked it yourself. It’s an especially common reaction among young adults when they receive their first...
Classical Conundrums Have questions about classical Christian education? We are here to help!Q: Schools often talk about “parent engagement.” What does that look like at a classical Christian school? A: Many parents hear “engagement” and picture a calendar: attend the...
Repairing the Ruins in Brazil By Lucas EvangelistaIn the mid-16th century, while the Inquisition was burning books and bodies of those who dared embrace the Reformation, a group of men and women decided to journey across the Atlantic. These were the...
Tales for Once and Ever An Interview with Jonathan PageauA growing number of parents are rejecting watered-down Disney retellings of fairy tales and returning to the undiluted originals. What makes these ancient stories compelling today? ACCS’s Devin O’Donnell sat...
I recently visited the social media account for an ACCS school alumni to get details about an event. At the beginning of each and every post was a quote from a classic book. And I remember wondering, “Would our world be different if everyone did that?” It would at...
There and Back Again With WILD INKS BY COLLEEN FRANKLIN Table of Contents Slow Writing Making Ink How to Make Vine Black Charcoal for Ink or Drawing Ink: What is it? Ilive in an old yellow farmhouse in the wild tangle of emerge for a ramble in the hedgerows, playing...
By Dr. Nicholas Ellis Founder and CEO of Christian Halls International, Doctor of Philosophy, University of OxfordA growing number of classical Christian schools are adding “Tutorial” to the class schedule. So, what is it and why do we want it?Imagine sitting in a...
Classical Christian Education and Military Service BY CHIP CRANEI have often envied the classical education my kids received. I first heard about this approach in 1996 from friends involved in the early years at Rockbridge Academy, an ACCS school in Crownsville, MD. I...
BY HANNAH GRIESERAs graduation nears, we should do more than help our kids decide where they should go after graduation. We should help them discern who God called them to be.One week last fall, two of my adult sons texted me videos of their recent activities. One...
ChristianCollegeGuide.com The CAFF College Guide From the Center for Academic Faithfulness & Flourishing (CAFF)What do many parents really want to know about a college these days? Along with cost, size, and other basic factors, it often comes down to paideia. They...
Meeting the Demands of the Market: Skills or Credentials? A conversation with Dr. Eliot Grasso, Vice President, Gutenberg CollegeAn online tool to help your child answer the question, "What kind of college should I go to?" Note: You must enter your name and email to...
As I watched, I thought, Why don’t we—those of us considered to have “all” abilities—greet each other this way, with a natural jubilance, excitement, and love for life and each other?
I want to encourage you to hit pause before you begin making all those lists and aiming for all the prizes.
Television’s way of knowing is the operating system of modern life: it goes on in the background, without awareness, and we simply take this as a given.
