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The Jungle Book Unearths Cultural Treasure
Top Photo: “The Jungle Book,” 2016 Disney Enterprises, Inc. All rights reserved. Winter 2016 The rarest of cultural alignments occurred this past year The same story, retold for and by three different generations, is the worldview equivalent of layers in an...
Alumni Profile – Marissa Black
by Marissa Black | Winter 2016 Treasure in the Attic Telling stories of the good life Amongst old stacks of paper discovered in our rafters was a thin orange folder dubbed “geography”—the kind with the little prongs that push apart to secure the worksheets all...
Mon Con
Winter 2016 TWO DAYS A MONK The medieval mindset, largely lost and almost entirely dismissed by our worldview today, forms much of the foundation of classical education. Each year, students at The Ambrose School experience medieval monasticism in a real...
Set Apart – Winter 2016
Winter 2016 One morning I was walking down the hall at school and approached a couple of kindergartners waiting in line to use the restroom. One little girl was sniffling sadly. I asked her what was wrong. “She hit me,” was the reply. I turned to the accused....
The Medieval Redemption of Christmas
by Louis Markos | Winter 2016 I'm dreaming of a white Christmas, Just like the ones I used to know, Where the treetops glisten and children listen To hear sleigh bells in the snow ... Irving Berlin Sitting in our living rooms this Christmas, surrounded by...
Truth, Beauty, Goodness, and Joy
by Angie Brennan | Winter 2016 One morning I was walking down the hall at school and approached a couple of kindergartners waiting in line to use the restroom. One little girl was sniffling sadly. I asked her what was wrong. “She hit me,” was the reply....
A School for Everyone
Winter 2016 Four stories from the Philadelphia area Last year, the ACCS president saw log-cabin schools in Virginia, schools with hog traps in Texas, and schools that look more like college campuses. (In fact, one of them had taken over an ex-college campus.) He’s...
Common Core’s Five-Way Power Play
Common Core, AdvancED Accreditation, The College Board, Textbook Publishers, and the U.S. Department of Education
COMMON CORE CAME OUT WITH A BANG—over 40 states adopted it. What few realize is that the Common Core’s impact is not limited to educational standards. The real story is in the widening net the Common Core is casting.
Mock Trial
by Amy Burgess | Fall 2016 Real Judges, Real Courtrooms, Real Life Start a Team | 2016 Nationals | In the News | Designed for CCE | National Mock Trial | Underdogs Head to State “I’LL TAKE THAT UNDER ADVISEMENT,” a magistrate judge from the State of...
The Common Core and the Classical Tradition
by Dr. Chris Perrin | Fall 2016 An abridged version of the following article appeared in the Fall 2016 edition of The Classical Difference LET ME OFFER FROM THE ONSET WHAT I think describes the entire exercise of the Common Core (CC) in our national schools:...
The Carpool Lane – Fall 2016
Late Again! Practical Thoughts for the Drive We are a few weeks into the new school year—commute number 19 and Polo Shirt Friday number three—and mingled with the upbeat early-morning song on the radio comes the popular refrain, “Why do we have to wear uniforms...
Uniforms
Fall 2016 Uniform Tips and Stories Tying Ties | Ironing Pleats | Repairing Holes TYING TIES • Our recommended tie: The half windsor • The full windsor • The bow tie IRONING PLEATS To keep the pleats in longer, drip dry. You can also dry on low and...
Paideia and Your Sweater Vest
Fall 2016 If the topic doesn’t come up, maybe you should introduce it yourself. Why uniforms? Practical reasons might satisfy the practically minded. But don’t stop there. It’s all about Paideia—the transfer of “affections,” not just information and...
Lifelong Learning – Amanda Watson’s Story
by Sandy Watson | Fall 2016
Fair Market Value of Classical Education
What is the value? …
