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June 2010

June 24, 2010

How the internet affects the brain

More on the prospect that the internet makes us dumber. In this case, by rewiring...

May 2010

May 17, 2010

Homeschooling comebacks

Deborah Markus gives 25 comebacks to people who question the decision to homeschool. Here is...

May 13, 2010

Classical Lutheran Education

The Consortium for Classical and Lutheran Education celebrates its tenth anniversary with its tenth annual...

April 2010

April 28, 2010

Progressive educational theory fails again

For the problems in America's schools, I do not blame the students, or their parents,...

April 21, 2010

Books of influence

An interesting article on how most of our presidents have been big readers, and how...

April 20, 2010

Taught to the tune of the hickory stick

Some Texas school districts are bringing back corporal punishment into the classroom: In an era...

April 19, 2010

Nondiscrimination policies that discriminate

Jonathan Turley offers some good analysis of a case that goes before the Supreme Court...

April 15, 2010

The vocation of a teacher

Congratulations to columnist Kathleen Parker--whom I actually met at a Patrick Henry College journalism event--...

April 14, 2010

Beauty & physics, liberal arts & liturgy

Catholic artist and educator David Clayton makes connections between science, aesthetics, classical education, and then,...

March 2010

March 31, 2010

Abstinence funding

The health care reform bill consisted of 1,990 pages. Congressmen could hardly have read what...

March 17, 2010

The Falerian Schoolmaster

My daughter Joanna, a Latin teacher, told me a great story from Livy. It can...

March 15, 2010

How to teach science classically

Last week's post about teaching mathematics classically provoked some excellent comments. Here is one of...

March 12, 2010

The mathematical part of classical education

Those who are bringing back classical education as an alternative to the deadends evident in...

February 2010

February 24, 2010

Education, home-schooling, and the vocation of the child

Thanks to Justin Taylor for showing me this article by Christopher O. Tollefsen, Are There...

February 22, 2010

Christian college presidents

Two important Christian institutions of higher education have appointed new presidents. Baylor University has chosen...

February 18, 2010

An Ecumenical Catechism

Is this possible? A Vatican official has floated the idea of a shared “ecumenical catechism”...

February 05, 2010

Abstinence education is effective after all

A heavy-duty study published in the peer-reviewed Archive of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine has determined...

January 2010

January 30, 2010

The Catechism as graphic novel

Concordia Publishing House is putting out an edition of Luther's Small Catechism in comic book--I...

January 25, 2010

Disciplining children

You've got to read Mollie Z. Hemingway's article in the Wall Street Journal about disciplining...

January 21, 2010

Patrick Henry College wins national championship

Patrick Henry College, which I help run and where I teach, won a national championship....

January 15, 2010

Diploma mills

Would you like a seminary degree? An M.B.A.? How about a Ph.D.? Or even an...

January 14, 2010

Critical thinking

I have started to read The Chronicle of Higher Education again, and I am encouraged...

January 05, 2010

How do home-schooled kids do as adults?

Really well, according to a study of Canadian home-schooled adults: Despite what many might believe,...

December 2009

December 29, 2009

Sweden seizes home-schooled child

The Christian Telegraph reports that Swedish government seizes child from home schooling family: A Christian...

December 08, 2009

Classical education as a confessional mandate?

Tracing some of those helpful Luther quotes on vocations that some of you had given...

November 2009

November 24, 2009

Preach about Hell to improve the economy

Here is a fascinating article on the influence of specific religious beliefs on economic growth....

November 17, 2009

Non-religious chaplains

Now non-religious students are clamoring for non-religious chaplains to minister to their spiritual needs: While...

November 05, 2009

Ridiculing the Penn State t-shirt controversy

Here is how to deal with a pseudo-controversy (referring to the student-selected t-shirt design for...

October 2009

October 28, 2009

Screading vs. Reading

The Chronicle of Higher Education has an article about scholarship on the difference between reading...

October 22, 2009

The pedigree of research into ideological bias

Some people, including scholars, are dismissing research that shows that universities or newsrooms or people...