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BY JUNIUS JOHNSON "All things bright and beautiful, All creatures great and small, All things wise...
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More than a Catchy Tune
BY JILLIAN BARR WINNER OF THE 2023 CHRYSOSTOM ORATORY COMPETITION What We’re Missing in Modern...
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...
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Built to Last
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All Things Wise and Wonderful
BY JUNIUS JOHNSON "All things bright and beautiful, All creatures great and small, All things wise and wonderful, Twas God that made them all." —Cecil Frances Alexander The World through the Eyes of a Child A favorite word of adults is just: “It’s just a stick;” “It’s...
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Classical Conundrums: Why do classical Christian schools require uniforms?
By Nate Ahern See More Conundrums Have questions about classical Christian education? We are here to help! Q: Why do classical Christian schools...
Classical Conundrums: Young Minds & Ancient Myths
Have questions about classical Christian education? We are here to help! Q: “Why does a classical Christian school spend so much time on mythology...
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...
“Aeneid the Musical”
Epic Poem Turned Musical: Aeneid the Musical Five seniors turn their thesis into something different "We are hoping to write a musical! And then...
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,...
The Stocking Hunt
The Stocking Hunt Start a new tradition and add some fun to your Christmas morning! Hide the kids’ stockings and leave clues for where to find them. You’ll hand them the first clue, and then each clue generally leads to the next clue, until the final clue leads to the...
Advent Book Calendar
Advent Book Calendar Help your kids experience the anticipation of the Christmas season, and learn to love reading at the same time. The idea is simple. Each day from December 1 to December 24, the kids have the fun and surprise of discovering which book you'll be...
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Classical Conundrums: Why do classical Christian schools require uniforms?
By Nate Ahern See More Conundrums Have questions about classical Christian education? We are here to help! Q: Why do classical Christian schools require uniforms? A: For a rich, rigorous school, a dress code is usually essential, typically via school uniforms. What...
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Flip the Script
BY KATHARINE SAVAGE Life as It Should Be Recently I took my girls to see a performance of the ballet Don Quixote. It was a beautiful, energetic, brightly colored feast for the senses. When the lights came up on the stage, I had a lightbulb moment. I remembered that I...
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Built to Last
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“And having thus passed the principles of arithmetic, geometry, astronomy, and geography, with a general compact of physics, they may descend in...
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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...
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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,...
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“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
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Greatest Books of the 20th CenturyIt takes time for a text to become “great” and we're willing to wait. But we can take a guess. Mortimer Adler included several 20th-century authors in his “Great Books” collection—Dewey, Nietzsche, James, Hemmingway, Freud—because the...
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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...
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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...
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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...
