What if I Don’t Like Bach?

What If I Don't Like Bach? How to Develop a...

How Do You Teach Beauty?

How Do You Teach Beauty? by Jon Paul Pope ...

This Year in History: 1825

The Death of Jacques-Louis David By James...
Princeton Grad Unhinged by a Five-year-old

Princeton Grad Unhinged by a Five-year-old

Summer 2018 ... And what he did about itFresh from the halls of a premiere college prep school in Atlanta, a young Howe Whitman headed to Princeton. From there, doors were opened to Wharton where he went on to get his master’s degree. He ended up back at...

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Google “Good Employees”

Google “Good Employees”

You might be surprised what you find. A Google study made headlines with its answer to the question, “What makes a good employee?” Read more at the Washington Post and MichiganFuture.org. Update: More recent articles include-- "Why Companies Like Hiring Liberal Arts...

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Spelling Bee

Spelling Bee

EIGHTH GRADER GOES TO NATIONAL SPELLING BEE “Franklin Classical School eighth grader ROSY KANNANKERIL is heading to Washington D.C. to represent Tennessee for the 2018 Scripps National Spelling Bee in late May. According to the Scripps National Spelling Bee,...

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A Classical School Responds to Hurricane Harvey

A Classical School Responds to Hurricane Harvey

Summer 2018 Featured drawing: Madison Gohlke, Annapolis Christian Academy, Corpus Christi, TX The first indication of trouble was the burglar alarm. Earlier, Leslie Collins, Head of School at Covenant Academy, had received a text indicating a power surge....

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Haven’s Story: Overcoming Learning Disabilities

Haven’s Story: Overcoming Learning Disabilities

Spring 2018 Work, Hope, and Community “Tonight you will need to finish five chapters, and be ready by tomorrow to discuss with the class what you read,” the teacher instructed her noisy horde of fifth-graders, waiving Tolkien’s Hobbit above her head. Haven...

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Difficulty vs. Disability: Embracing the Struggle

Difficulty vs. Disability: Embracing the Struggle

Spring 2018 By KEITH MCCURDY Embracing the Struggle One of the most significant changes I’ve encountered in the last twenty years is that the goal of raising sturdy, capable young men and women has been replaced with keeping our children happy. Too often our focus is...

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“Mercy” Meets the “Law” in Learning Disabilities

“Mercy” Meets the “Law” in Learning Disabilities

Spring 2018 The Great Teacher modeled a perfect balance between mercy and law— we call this grace. In classical Christian schools, our wisdom as teachers is often tested as we attempt to hold students to a standard, while understanding that each student...

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Star Wars: The Last Jedi?

Star Wars: The Last Jedi?

Summer 2018 Hopefully. At a certain pivotal moment in the last third of Rian Johnson’s foray into the Star Wars saga, Luke, desirous of ending the Jedi order once and for all, sets out to destroy the sacred texts of the old Jedi religion. ALERT:...

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Century Watch: All Roads Lead to Rome

Century Watch: All Roads Lead to Rome

Summer 2018 "All Roads Lead to Rome." Rome was the first city in recorded history to reach a population of one million people in AD 118, nineteen hundred years ago. Controlling the majority of Europe, Asia, and Northern Africa, the Empire governed 65 million people at...

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Ontario’s New Laws…and What They Mean for Education

Ontario’s New Laws…and What They Mean for Education

Spring 2018 Foreshadows of a Brave New World... A Cautionary Tale In Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World, the World State has managed to rid itself of all the ills of human nature through technology. People are made, they are no longer begotten. In this...

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An Epidemic of Slurs, Slander, and Silliness

An Epidemic of Slurs, Slander, and Silliness

Summer 2018 The antidote: Classical Education.  Stages of the Trivium-A Brief Synopsis Here in NYC, words are bartered like a commodity, and how they are used reflects the culture of our day. David Brooks, an op-ed columnist for The New York Times,...

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Tools for Parents: Learning Disabilities

Tools for Parents: Learning Disabilities

Spring 2018 CiRCE Institute Reviews Simply Classical Interview with Cheryl Swope See Additional Programs ▾ Resources for Parents After seeing measurable academic benefits for my own children—specific learning disabilities, medical conditions, severe mental...

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Learning Disabilities

Learning Disabilities

Spring 2018 This issue focused on Learning Disabilities and the classical model. More from Laura Tucker: Questions for your school visit Common Accommodations How the Classical Method Helps at Various Stages Signs and Symptoms Sample IQ Score Sheet and...

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Games

Games

Summer 2018 Ranking Websites: The Strategist, Amazon, Ranker DIY ParentingThe Benefits of Board Games THIS SUMMER, BREAK OUT THE BOARD GAMES, AND RELISH IN DEVICES TURNED OFF AND CONVERSATION LEVELS TURNED UP. If you don’t have one during the school year,...

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