As legislators debate the virtues of cursive handwriting instruction in our state, I know the virtue of cursive handwriting. I see it every time I open a card in sympathy after my mother’s passing. I read the words in a friend’s own [...]

Students and staff line the perimeter of the courtyard, each class in its assigned standing spot.  Most parents have already left to begin their day, but some stay to join the informal circle that we form at the beginning of every day [...]

Those manger scenes and the reminders of Jesus’ humble birth that we see this time of year call our attention to how Christian beliefs stand out. In fact, Christianity is unique among all of the world’s religions because it centers on a [...]

For some unexplainable reason the educational approach historically referred to as the "trivium" is often viewed as an obsolete relic of the ancient past. And even those within the classical Christian education movement can be tempted to view the trivium (with its [...]