Learning Disabilities and the Classical School
By Ian Mosley, Instructor of Latin, School of the Ozarks The human immune system is a complex bit of machinery. As it learns to define and identify potential threats, it has immense potential to protect us from disease; of course, the most effective diseases find ways around easy identification, using their protean disguises to slip past our defenses. Moreover, having an overzealous immune system can … Continue reading Learning Disabilities and the Classical School
Classical Roundup – February 16th, 2018
The Classical Roundup is a group of worthwhile articles, videos, and podcasts that I have found helpful on our journey of exploring classical Christian education in the 21stcentury. Help for the Digitally Drowning Family – Tony Reinke writes a practical and helpful article helping families navigate the technology that can engulf our lives. Classical Education: In It For The Long Haul – Emily Price … Continue reading Classical Roundup – February 16th, 2018
Ash Wednesday (Book Blurbs)
Today is February 14, so naturally stores are filled with flowers, candy, and greeting cards for those last-minute Valentine’s Day shoppers. But this year, February 14 also marks a “holiday/holy-day” of far more significance for the Church–Ash Wednesday. However, many in my tradition (Southern Baptist) have little knowledge of or concern for Ash Wednesday. Unfortunately, I find this lack of knowledge and concern disappointing. The … Continue reading Ash Wednesday (Book Blurbs)
How to Learn a Language
By Ian Mosley, Instructor of Latin, School of the Ozarks The old saying is true—“familiarity breeds contempt”—but that isn’t even half the problem. Familiarity also leads to comfort, and the human mind does odd things when it is comfortable. G. K. Chesterton wrote his wonderful book The Everlasting Man, he said, to re-present the Christian west as if examining an alien country, so that, the … Continue reading How to Learn a Language
Essence Matters
By Dan Snyder A dusty concept now set aside by productive people, the notion of essence and the possibility of the essential appears extra to the tasks of living and enjoying, or the pursuit of happiness. Truly, this old concept may stand in the way of immediate gratification. An idea that the early Greeks who concerned themselves with the ‘ontos’ or the world of beings … Continue reading Essence Matters
Classical Roundup – Febuary 9th, 2018
The Classical Roundup is a group of worthwhile articles, videos, and podcasts that I have found helpful on our journey of exploring classical Christian education in the 21stcentury. Elementary Is Not Enough – How A Classical High School BEST Prepares Kids For College – Veteran Head of School Matt Skinner makes a convincing case for why the last four years before college are the most … Continue reading Classical Roundup – Febuary 9th, 2018
Fighting “The Death of Words”
As a college writing instructor, I have noticed a disturbing trend in my students’ ability to choose and use words appropriately. These same students also appear increasingly unable to comprehend critical vocabulary used in non-fiction writing. The unfortunate result of these challenges is an inability to contribute to class discussions on important ideas and the inevitable struggle with articulating a coherent response in writing. Students … Continue reading Fighting “The Death of Words”
The Whole30: How It Relates to Friendship, Lent, and Education
Recently, my neighbor (a dietician by trade and wonderful friend, mother, and wife by occupation) shared an article entitled “A Day in the Life of 5 Intuitive Eaters”. It’s a pretty neat article that illustrates a concept that is rather new to me but seems to make a lot of sense. The concept is, as the title indicates, eating intuitively rather than according to strict … Continue reading The Whole30: How It Relates to Friendship, Lent, and Education
“Mere Christian Education”?: the Challenges and Possibilities of Ecumenism in Classical Christian Education
By Ian Mosley, Instructor of Latin, School of the Ozarks “But there is one good point which both these churches have in common — they are both party churches. I think I warned you before that if your patient can’t be kept out of the Church, he ought at least to be violently attached to some party within it. I don’t mean on really doctrinal … Continue reading “Mere Christian Education”?: the Challenges and Possibilities of Ecumenism in Classical Christian Education
Rise and Shine: The Profoundly Human Vision of Groundhog Day
By Dr. Steve Turley Below is an excerpt from my new book, Movies and the Moral Imagination: Finding Paradise in Films, available here. Today, we are experiencing nothing less than a renaissance of classical education. throughout the U.S., Europe, and Africa. According to the Association of Classical Christian Schools membership statistics, there were 10 classical schools in the nation in 1994, today there are over … Continue reading Rise and Shine: The Profoundly Human Vision of Groundhog Day
American the Exceptional, Part 2: Teaching History
By Dan Snyder On recent a trip to Washington, D.C., what struck me was not a reflection of the commonality of our republican center of government, but the authority of wealth. While cities throughout the land mostly feature the same tropes, the shuttered and abandoned ex-WalMart malls, the purposeless main-streets and pitiable ‘historic districts’, hopeful but ignored ‘convention centers’ and vacant lots called industrial parks, … Continue reading American the Exceptional, Part 2: Teaching History
Philosophy First: Re-orienting Our Thinking about Classical Education for a New Year
By Sara Osborne Teachers, parents, and students who participate in classical education are familiar with many of its usual tenets: the focus on grammar, logic, and rhetoric provided by the trivium; the inclusion of Latin; and the emphasis on classic literature, to name a few. In addition, classical schools are often recognized for their structure—witness school uniforms, organized schedules, and high behavioral expectations, for example. … Continue reading Philosophy First: Re-orienting Our Thinking about Classical Education for a New Year
The Classical Thistle 