What is Classical Education?
Classical education is like a very large museum with many beautiful, wonder-filled rooms that could be studied over a lifetime. It is a long tradition of education that has emphasized the seeking after of truth, goodness, and beauty and the study of the liberal arts and the great books. What are the liberal arts? They are…
Finding God Amid the Goodness of Summer: Keeping the Borders of Eden
~ by Jesse Hake ~ My son Tobin, who just finished fourth grade, tries to get in a wisecrack about every sixty seconds. Too often, the only response I give is to tell him not to interrupt or to get back to work. This response is not necessarily wrong, but it’s often...
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Looking Along Learning: Discovering the Joy of Language
~ by Allison Scheidegger ~ As a Latin and grammar teacher, I often pose questions to my students such as, “Why is this noun in the dative case?” or “Why is X happening grammatically here?” In response to such why questions, it seems to be the bent of students—and...
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To Tired Teachers on Looking for Small Joys in the Last Days of School
~ by Jesse Hake ~ We’re all in the last few weeks of school. Math concepts essential to fourth grade need to be mastered, now or never. Essays must be written and graded. As a student and a teacher, my exhaustion near the end of the school year has often felt like an...
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Educational Trip
