Abstract: Reflecting on my time starting and leading a classical school, I quickly grew in technical skills but less…
Society For Classical LearningJune 17, 2023
By John Donne Introduction by Eric Cook I have been reading Donne ever since my wife and I made A Valediction…
Eric CookJune 5, 2023
An excerpt from the commencement speech, Traces of Transcendence and the Search for Meaning. by Eric Cook When you leave home,…
Eric CookMay 26, 2023
Dear SCL Members and Friends, A few months ago, SCL launched our first research project, the Thriving Schools Study, to…
Eric CookMay 26, 2023
by Justin Ariel Bailey I. Our Challenging Cultural Moment In a widely discussed article for The Atlantic, social psychologist Jonathan Haidt draws on…
Society For Classical LearningMay 26, 2023
Dear SCL Members and Friends, As we approach the end of the school year and near the SCL summer conference,…
Eric CookMay 26, 2023
Over 200 schools in SCL’s database are less than 10 years old. This means they are still in the turbulent,…
Eric CookMay 3, 2023
Six Critical Governance Issues We Often Ignore in Our Schools By Eric Cook The relationship between the board chair and…
Eric CookApril 19, 2023
The purpose of grades, whether in the grammar or rhetoric school, is the same: to convey information about a student’s…
Leslie MoellerApril 13, 2023
Alone. Troubled. Falling on his face. Sorrowful even to death. Good Friday can be hard. Sometimes, skipping to Sunday is…
Angie CopetilloApril 6, 2023