Joshua Gibbs

Is Classical Christian Education Necessarily Racist?

“One of the first objections skeptics raise to classical Christian education is the insistence that slavery is old and so classical Christian education must be racist given it vindicates everything old; however, classicism does not vindicate everything old. It assumes the goodness of things which last, and slavery is a human institution which has beenContinue reading “Is Classical Christian Education Necessarily Racist?”

Envy Is Always A Failure Of The Imagination

The people we want to be like want to be like people we don’t want to be like.

Life In A Closed System

Schedule For The 2023 Gibbs Classical Online Conference

FRIDAY, JUNE 23 Session No. 1 | 10:30 am How to Test, How to Grade What does a fair test over Augustine’s Confessions look like for an eighth grader? How about a sophomore? What about a fourth grader? And what’s the difference between an essay that earns an 87% as opposed to an 88%? This lectureContinue reading “Schedule For The 2023 Gibbs Classical Online Conference”

For Or Against, No Matter, This Week, For Everyone (Julian Of Norwich Redux)

Registration Is Now Open For The 2023 Gibbs Classical Online Conference

On June 23 and 24, I will deliver eight new lectures at the 2023 Gibbs Classical Online Conference. Registration is now open for the conference. You can read descriptions of the lectures and register to attend here.

Excerpt: From The Forthcoming “A Short Introduction To Classical Christian Education”

“If you are new to classical Christian education, greetings. Welcome. If you do a little digging into classical Christian education, you will find that the classical Christian schools in this country have a good deal in common, but that there are differences between them, as well. Some of the ways they differ are insignificant, butContinue reading “Excerpt: From The Forthcoming “A Short Introduction To Classical Christian Education””

The Mystery Of Worship

“There is nothing new under the sun.” “Sing a new song to the Lord.” Discuss.

On Finding Missionally-Aligned Families

If a certain classical school was not skilled at discerning which prospective families were missionally-aligned and which families weren’t, who would be the first to know? a. The administration b. The admissions office c. The faculty d. The parents of missionally-aligned families e. The children of missionally-aligned families f. Someone else

What Does ChatGPT Mean For English Class?

“Writing teachers cannot assign the volume of writing homework necessary to turn bad writers into good ones. At worst, ChatGPT is going to get a few liars and scoundrels out of writing two or three papers a year, but writing those papers wasn’t going to do them much good anyway. However, if teachers begin usingContinue reading “What Does ChatGPT Mean For English Class?”