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“Classical education is growing rapidly, which means the average school has teachers who have been around for ten years, five years, and five months. They’re not all on the same page—there’s no way around this, but it needs to be acknowledged. The way to get them all on the same page isn’t to make themContinue reading “Three Ideas For Productive Faculty Meetings”

“A student is not above his teacher.” -Jesus Christ “A teacher is not above his students.” -Modern educators

Proverbs is addressed to “my son.” In fact, “my son” is addressed more than twenty times. There are nearly fifty questions asked in the book of Proverbs. They are all rhetorical. Every one of them.

“Reading Paradise Lost a second time proves it was read rightly the first time. The second read proves the reader is digging, humble, obedient. It is our need to dig into the book, to be humble and silent before it, which has made it famous.” -from The Glory Of A Second Read: What If We Taught SomeContinue reading “What If We Taught Some Books Twice?”

“When teachers and parents disagree, it’s rarely goals they disagree on. It’s the means of achieving those goals. St. Paul teaches, “No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it.” We all want a harvest ofContinue reading “You Catch More Flies With Honey Than Vinegar, But Get Real”

There is a common misbelief that the 2011 Super Bowl Half Time Show, which featured the Black Eyed Peas, is the worst of all time. I myself may have participated in this error. The 2000 Super Bowl Half Time Show is not only worse, it is also one of the stranger things to ever happenContinue reading “The Worst Super Bowl Half Time Show Ever”

American revolutionaries: (throwing pilot from cockpit onto tarmac) No captain by Captain Jesus! American revolutionaries: (overturning pots and pans in the kitchen) No chef but Chef Jesus! American revolutionaries: (shanking a heart surgeon) No doctor but Dr. Jesus!

“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?”

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”