On a typical day, Andrew Brinkerhoff hops on his bike and pedals to work at the European Center for Nuclear Research (CERN)…
Liberal Arts Prepares for Particle Physics: Andrew’s Story
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The 95 Theses
Originally posted on BibleStudyTools.com (Well, after they were posted on the door.) 95 Theses Martin Luther nailed on the church door at Wittenburg OCTOBER 31, 1517 Out of love for the truth and the desire to bring it to light, the following propositions will be...
Unconventional College Options For CCE Students
Spring 2017 ACCS graduates are not conventional high school graduates. Their depth, command of language, and mastery of reason are often pronounced. But now, we’ve created a new problem. Where do we send these unconventional students to college? The good news is they...
History’s Most Powerful List: What it Teaches Us Today
by Marissa Black | Spring 2017 This year in history: 1517 THE PEN IS MIGHTIER MARTIN LUTHER’S THESES OF PROTEST We don’t often have to protest against religious persecution in America—especially not through the written word. We don’t live in an era of intense physical...
College after CCE: Why and How
Spring 2017 Twenty-five years ago, around twenty classical Christian schools joined together to form the Association of Classical and Christian Schools (publisher of this magazine). To reinvent K–12 in a classical model, new ACCS schools were built largely from the...
A Major Undertaking
by Marissa Black | Spring 2017 How colleges could be missing the point Where are you from? Which dorm are you in? What’s your major? This is the rapid-fire list nearly every freshman gets asked in those first few months of college. What students choose to study can...
Ripple Effect – Classic Learning Test (CLT)
by Ruth Popp | Spring 2017 Ripple Effect A new college test, and why it's important “Will this be on the test?” The answer to this critical question forms the landscape of American education—what will be studied, what will be committed to memory, and what will be left...
Around the Country – Franklin Classical School
by Jeanette Faulkner | Spring 2017 The Only Thing Missing for the First Day of School Was the Building When most parents finish the final page of The Case for Classical Christian Education, visions of ivy-covered brick buildings captivate their imaginations. From a...
DIY Parenting – Start a Family Reading Party!
by Hannah Grieser | Spring 2017 FRESH FRIDAY-NIGHT FUN PIZZA, POPCORN, AND PAGE-TURNERS Reading as a family always sounds like a great idea. At least on paper. But in practice, many of us live as though reading is the kale salad of family activities—good for us, but a...
CCE On the Front Lines: Michael’s Story
by Michael Fitts | Spring 2017 A Strategic Education Classical learning on the front lines My classical Christian education started in the 4th grade at Ad Fontes Academy. As a sophomore—which can appropriately be translated as a wise fool—I decided life would...
CCE and War Theory: Capt. Jeffrey Faulkner’s Story
by Jeffrey Faulkner | Spring 2017 Standing on the Wall with Spenser and Augustine The warrior-poet As I stood in the hallway of Regents School of Austin, I heard my teachers crying. I was starting my first week of high school when the headmaster gathered the upper...
Times and Seasons – Lent
by Jennifer Kau | Spring 2017 Finding Freedom in Lent Five years ago, a young, rag-tag family of six emerged from a mid-week service smelling strongly of scented oil and looking like they’d been to some kind of wild concert. Smudged, black crosses marked all their...
Around the Country- NY School Enters World’s Largest Rowing Regatta
Spring 2017 Deep Waters Ben and Emma Hopkins and Ethan Chaffee aren’t afraid of deep water or hard work. Last spring, the three high school rowers from Augustine Classical Academy, NY, entered the Stotesbury Cup in Philadelphia, PA, the largest scholastic rowing...
From Trail Blazers to Cities
Spring 2017 Above: St. Stephen's Academy, OR The new era in classical Christian education For the first 20 years of the classical Christian renewal, growth was our hallmark. While the movement continues to grow, a new development has emerged in the past few...
Culture Grip – Man Does Not Live By Math Alone
by Eric Metaxas | Spring 2017 Education is more than STEM C. S. Lewis once said that education without values makes us into “more clever devils.” Here’s why that’s so. We’ve all seen the studies showing that students in America are falling behind in STEM subjects—STEM...
Traditions for Young Families
by Rachel Jankovic New traditions for a young family Traditions can be a complicated thing. As a young family starting out, trying to builda few of your own can feel a little shocking. All those fun things you remember about Christmas don’t just happen! Someone...
