Epiphaneia Archive: Envisioning Education: Parents as Partners or Primary?
by Todd Wedel At times visual media gives insight into the dominant symbols of a position or issue, helping us …
by Todd Wedel At times visual media gives insight into the dominant symbols of a position or issue, helping us …
Because grammar instruction (as all grammar-level instruction) isn’t an end in itself; it is a means of developing a facility …
Let me offer responses which I believe at least begin a dialogue. First, although the author articulates that the studies …
A recent article in The Atlantic ran the title above. The thesis, succinctly stated, is the subtitle: “No more diagramming …
I wrote in my previous post about the controlling metaphors for both the Common Core (industrial) and Expectation (organic) videos …
At The Academy of Classical Christian Studies, we find ourselves beset by numerous challenges, both within and without. One of …
In our first year, we at The Academy of Classical Christian Studies have made as many strides toward developing a …
C.S. Lewis writes powerfully in The Great Divorce of the weight of glory he pictures from his sermon of the …
In preparation for a spring crash-course in rhetoric, I had made a copy of MLK’s “I Have a Dream” speech …
Over the past year, I have been studying what kinds of things seem to yield the biggest gains in student …
“…for my eyes have seen your salvation that you have prepared in the presence of all peoples…” Luke 2:30-31 Christmas …
(This is the second of a two-part series. To read part 1, click here.) But to this end, the monastic …
In his profound critique of modern ethics, After Virtue, University of Notre Dame philosopher Alisdair Macintyre famously wrote, “We are …
(This is the second of a two-part series. To read part 1, click here.) Before I ruminate on the greatness …
I have never taken a university class—public or private—in which the classics were treated uncritically, but the concern legitimately remains …
During teacher in-service this year, Andrew Kern of The Circe Institute would call us to order with the following phrase: …
(This is part 2 of Mr. Wedel’s “Uncommon Vision and Common Core.” To read part 1, click here.) Classical schools, …
Common Core standards, requirements, and regulations raise a specter over the current education system and educational debates. As a private …
Ours is a culture ever seeking the new, ever anew seeking the new, each generation believing that they, for the …