The Surprising Thing Google Learned about Its Employees — and What It Means for Today’s Students
By Valerie Strauss, December 20,2017 The conventional wisdom about 21st century skills holds that students need to master the STEM subjects — science, technology, engineering and math — and learn to code as well because that’s where the jobs are. It turns out that is a gross simplification of what students need to know and […]
Our Greatest Joy as Parents
Our Greatest Joy as Parents Written by Ryan Evans on July 25, 2014 As Christian parents we need to consider 3 John 2: “I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth.” We pour our time, our energy, and our nances into raising and discipling our children, and […]
On Chess and Classical, Christian Education
On Chess and Classical, Christian Education by Jonathan Kenigson, Paidea Academy Classical and Christian education is a three-stage process spanning the entirety of a kindergarten through twelfth grade education with the purpose of nurturing and forming biblically minded and well-educated students (utilizing the great books of the Western world as a curriculum). The first stage […]
30 Ways to Keep Christ in Christmas
30 Ways to Keep Christ in Christmas 11/29/2012 by Kristen Welch (blog: wearethatfamily.com) Our world makes it challenging to keep Christ in Christmas. Anyone else notice that? Don’t get me wrong: I love this season. The lights and festivities. I’m a Christmas baby and I nd this time of year magical. I love experiencing it […]
Parenting God’s Way
PARENTING GOD’S WAY by Alistair Begg, Parkside Church INTRODUCTION What is the greatest problem facing our nation? Is it the convoluted agenda of a political party, the threat of environmental catastrophe, or gathering storms on the international front? Is it the dire prophecies of Wall Street economists? No. Most people today would agree that the […]
Could America Survive without Religion?
Association of Classical Christian Schools “Classis,” February 2017 edition COULD AMERICA SURVIVE WITHOUT RELIGION? by Robert P. George, Witherspoon Institute & Princeton University Can freedom survive in a society in which most citizens believe that human beings, who are supposed to have inalienable rights, are merely material beings inhabiting a universe of purely material and […]
Beyond A Joy of Music: Giving Your Children the Music Training You Never Had
Association of Classical Christian Schools “Classis,” June 2017 edition Beyond A Joy of Music: Giving Your Children the Music Training You Never Had by Jarrod Richey, Geneva Academy An essential part of training our children in the nurture and admonition of the Lord must be saturating them in music. Many reformed Christians have an awareness […]
How I Almost Lost the Bible
HOW I ALMOST LOST THE BIBLE by Gregory Alan Thornbury, The King’s College Gregory Alan Thornbury is president of The King’s College and the author of Recovering Classic Evangelicalism: Applying the Wisdom and Vision of Carl F. H. Henry (Crossway). Had it not been for the first editor of Christianity Today, I likely would have […]
The Classical Conflict
THE CLASSICAL CONFLICT – by Leigh Jones, World Magazine (December 10, 2016) KATY, Texas—As she walked the halls of Aristoi Classical Academy on a recent October afternoon, headmaster Brenda Davidson greeted most of the students by name. She wound her way around classes meeting on the floor of the Alief Baptist Church gym, the students […]
Traditional vs. Progressive Education
Traditional vs. Progressive Education By Martin Cothran, Memoria Press (June 13, 2016) Everyone agrees that education is a good thing. Unfortunately, the agreement pretty much ends there. Although almost everyone agrees that education is good, there is wide disagreement on what education is. Since the beginning of the twentieth century, there has been a sometimes […]
