December 2011

Aim at nothing and you will always hit the target.” – Anonymous Reality is more like rocket science than finger…

Assessment—a sweeping, daunting term, describing any number of methods in the field of education. While the very word often unnerves…

Early in his seminal yet humanistic autobiography, Henry Adams declares his thoroughgoing frustration with formalized schooling. “The chief wonder of…

Having labored to establish the ends and means of good writing in the last issue, I should very quickly be…

Christian schools have faced great difficulty in the last several decades. Educating students in independent Christian schools—including classical, Christian schools—may…

Christian schools have faced great difficulty in the last several decades. Educating students in independent Christian schools—including classical, Christian schools—may…

Classical educators vary in their opinions of Advanced Placement (AP) courses. Should they be offered? Do the objectives prescribed in…

I have served as guidance counselor for New Covenant Schools in Lynchburg, Virginia, for ten years. In 2001, we had…