Articles tagged Educational

What is the Difference Between Classical and Conventional Education?

The heart of the difference between classical and conventional education is not in curriculum or teaching methods, though those are effected. The heart of the issue is in goals and beliefs. Our practices often entangle us so much that we cannot get back to the things...

Shakespeare’s Language and the Evolution of Human Intelligence

I was watching a bit of Brannagh’s Hamlet tonight and luxuriating in the language (some of which I understood) when my dear wife asked for my opinion: “Do you think the groundlings actually understood what was going on in those plays?”
I said I thought they did (that...

Zombie Contagion Spread by Glowing Screens?
by Kate
Tuesday, 03 September, 2013
categories: Articles, Classical Christian Education, Homeschooling Life
Tuesday, 03 September, 2013
categories: Articles, Classical Christian Education, Homeschooling Life
Have you noticed the revolution exploding around us? I am sure you have, because it is impossible to miss it—although the fact that it is tumultuous, as all revolutions are by nature, might be something we do not always consciously grasp. Make no mistake, however: a...

Knowing When Education Isn't the Problem

This article is modified from sections from the newly-released book MicroSecession: Simple Ways to Liberate Yourself, Your Family, and Your Community from Government Idiocy.
Western civilization has a bad habit of thinking that every problem can be solved with...