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End of the 2018/2019 School Year
It’s the end of the 2018-19 school year. Most of you are on vacation now, or at the very least your work at the school can be done…
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Easier Than You Think, Yet Harder Than You Think: Teaching the Bible to Children
The Bible ought to be taught to children. This should be self-evident from a theological perspective, given that the Bible is God’s authoritative self-revelation to mankind. “Let the…
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Why Study Western Civilization?
The classical Christian movement has at its core a commitment to teaching Western civilization. Even though we teach Western civ, its distinctive qualities are not always clear. As…
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Excellence Comes by Habit: Aristotle on Moral Virtue
All too often we are inclined to think of excellence as the product of good genes and good fortune rather than our personal habits. The fates bestow their…
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Educating for Moral Character and Civic Duty
There was a fascinating set of papers delivered at the recent Education 20/20 Speaker Series presented by the Fordham Institute, a conservative think tank addressing education policy. Living…
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Review of Recovering the Lost Tools of Learning by Douglas Wilson
Most people in the classical Christian school movement look upon Dorothy Sayer’s 1947 essay “The Lost Tools of Learning” as something of a founding document. However, the movement…
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