Numbering the Days
It’s the time of year when the senior class is counting down the days to graduation. Time is a funny thing. It can fly by, or it can pass in […]
This is No Ordinary Week
The following is shared from my friend, Jon R. Jordan from his “Rhythms of Habit.” You can read more by subscribing at rhythmsofhabit@substack.com Because of our sophisticated watches and our […]
Advice to Consider: Baselining Children Who Receive ADD Diagnoses
The Centers for Disease Control statistics show that about 10% of all children under age 18 have been diagnosed with Attention Deficit Disorder or ADD. Even more children in the […]
Getting Into the Great Conversation
Several members of our faculty and I are working on a project we call Defending the Tradition. It’s an effort to enable our students, parents, faculty, and wider community to […]
The Time of Our Lives
We’re coming into that beautiful stretch of the school year, arguably my favorite, in which our students are enjoying the change of season and the coming of a long Christmas […]
Thoughts on Expressive Individualism
It’s been over two years since Carl Trueman published the book, The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self. People are still talking about it, which for our society suggests […]
What’s Most Important in the Classroom? The Teacher
Years ago in the early 2000s, an educational consultant I respected confidently asserted that I had better pay attention to remote learning. He suggested that the school would increasingly face […]
The College Faith Experience: Growing, Not Surviving
I am deeply invested in the success of your children as they move through the regimen that is New Covenant Schools. About this time each year I think about the […]
The Advantage of a Classical, Christian Education
I have often been asked, “How would you summarize the advantages of classical education compared to modern education models?” First, we should make sure we understand what we mean by […]
Time To Say Goodbye
Almost every morning I speak to little Kathleen. She is not in school yet, but she rides along most mornings with her older brother who is in kindergarten. Buckled securely […]
