A Coherent Curriculum
One of the most important questions we could ask of any curriculum is this: “Does the curriculum cohere?” To put it a different way, we’re asking if the curriculum progresses […]
Prayer and Noise
Americans are noisy people. At least the rest of the world thinks we are. There is some research to support this, suggesting that Americans are loud because we occupy a […]
Predictability And Support
At the annual faculty in-service at the beginning of the 2017 term, Headmaster Heaton addressed the faculty identifying several themes important to the long-term flourishing of our school and our […]
How Order Helps
At the annual faculty in-service at the beginning of the 2017 term, Headmaster Heaton addressed the faculty identifying several themes important to the long-term flourishing of our school and our […]
From Consumer to Community
Any civilization that forgets the wisdom of history and fails to honor it will suffer two evils: apathy toward the future and, eventually, revolution. Revolution is a complete break with […]
Classical, Christian Ed: We Say College Prep Is Not Enough
I really dislike the term “prep school,” and I’ve intentionally shunned it for my entire career at New Covenant. It is true that we serve the college bound student, and […]
By Definition: Education Is…
How words change! Here’s a good example. I have two definitions of education, both from Webster: 2017 – Education: The action of process of educating or of being educated. BUT….back […]
From Classical Education to STEM to Helicopters
by Jay Lamagna (class of 2012) Jay Lamagna graduated from New Covenant in 2012 after thirteen years of enrollment. He attended Virginia Military Institute where he double-majored in Electrical Engineering […]
Rethinking Technology in the Classroom: The Evidence Doesn’t Support It
I have long believed that the uncritical adoption of technology in the classroom for its own sake was a bad idea. My hunches on the matter are counter intuitive, […]
Cultivating Sensibilities: Resisting Consumerism in Children
by Jeremiah Forshey Jeremiah Forshey is a faculty member in the School of Rhetoric where he teaches literature and senior thesis. When my youngest son James was three, he played […]