May 03, 2013
Why the Easter Bunny Makes Sense
The traditional Christian church calendar has just marked the beginning of...
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May 01, 2013
How Leading a Gigantic Socratic Dialogue Taught Me to Lead Smaller Socratic Dialogues
In early April, I traveled with my Challenge IV class to...
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Apr 30, 2013
Music as a Liberating Art (Excerpted from The Neglected Muse: Why Music Is an Essential Liberal Art [Part V*])
The study of music has several goals. One of them is...
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Apr 29, 2013
Hindsight and High Hopes
As April ends and the school year winds down, it is...
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Apr 23, 2013
‘Do’ Diligence
College consultants spend a lot of time helping students and their...
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Apr 22, 2013
Three Cheers for Pope Francis
On February 11, 2013, the media announced Pope Benedict’s resignation from...
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Apr 18, 2013
Learning Year-Round
In Proverbs 2:10, we learn, “…wisdom will enter your heart, and knowledge...
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Apr 17, 2013
Why We Love the Patterns
Cultural theorist Marshall McLuhan wrote in his 1964 book Understanding Media, “The...
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Apr 16, 2013
Soul Insights
Since antiquity, people have worked to unlock the mysteries of personality....
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Apr 15, 2013
One-Room Schoolhouse Math: Ideas for the Challenge Math Seminar
It has been said that scientists and mathematicians comprise a new...
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Apr 12, 2013
Developing “Math Sense”
My daughter’s first word was “book.” I am sure she babbled...
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Apr 11, 2013
The Missing Pieces of Public Education
This article is modified from sections from the newly-released book MicroSecession: Simple...
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