Oct 22, 2013
How to Be the Best Math Tutor
This morning I visited my local Classical Conversations community and observed...
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Oct 21, 2013
The Common Core State Standards Initiative and Centralized Control: An Idea that Simply Won’t Work
“We believe parents are their children’s primary teachers not because parents know everything...
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Oct 18, 2013
English to Latin… The Most Rhetorical Assignments
When you think about the trivium in any subject, the rhetorical...
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Oct 09, 2013
Thoughts on Ten Ways to Destroy the Imagination of Your Child
InTen Ways to Destroy the Imagination of Your Child, Anthony Esolen...
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Oct 08, 2013
The Two Best Hours of the Week
Feeling guilty seems to be a permanent condition of motherhood. It...
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Oct 07, 2013
“Silent Cal” Speaks
Calvin Coolidge’s father, a notary, administered the oath of office to...
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Oct 01, 2013
How Classical Conversations Teaches Us to Communicate Culture
“People and other creatures would be known by their names and...
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Sep 30, 2013
Math for Fun: How to Count to Infinity
Infinity is one of those mathematical concepts that seem to befuddle...
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Sep 25, 2013
Shakespeare’s Language and the Evolution of Human Intelligence
I was watching a bit of Brannagh’s Hamlet tonight and luxuriating in the...
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Sep 23, 2013
Challenge: The Icing on the Cake (How to Manage Foundations, Essentials, and Challenge at the Same Time)
I used to think that Foundations was the best time of...
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