September 07, 20180 comments The Value of Childish Lore Charles Dickens’s novel Hard Times is a perennial favorite among classical educators, an illustration of how not to do education Continue reading
August 08, 20180 comments The Intrinsic Worth of Children Twelve years ago, when I was pregnant with my oldest, I taught middle school language arts, and my students loved to ask me about my baby’s future. Continue reading
July 10, 20180 comments We Are the Indivisibles It seems like a truism to say that each one of us is an individual. Continue reading
June 14, 20180 comments Classical Education: A Flood That Becomes a Filling It started out innocently enough: I read a book about classical education. Continue reading
May 11, 20180 comments “What Is the Main Thing?” A Post for Mothers There is a legendary story of a rich man who came to visit a cathedral while it was being built and saw a workman carving a tiny bird on the inside of a beam. Continue reading
April 18, 20180 comments Classical Education: Rigorous or Vigorous? Some say that classical education is rigorous. My response to this is both “yes” and “no.” Continue reading
