This is post 2 of 5 in the series “colonial education” The Role of the Bible in Early American Education Christ-Centered Education Produces Leaders Christ-Centered Education Produces Leaders, part 2 The American Revolution Was Fueled by Preaching Teach Character and Understanding at Home Christ-centered education is sorely needed today “Let
This is post 1 of 5 in the series “colonial education” The Role of the Bible in Early American Education Christ-Centered Education Produces Leaders Christ-Centered Education Produces Leaders, part 2 The American Revolution Was Fueled by Preaching Teach Character and Understanding at Home Before the North American colonies became “these
This is post 2 of 2 in the series “Latin study” Latin is Better Than Video Games Learn Latin to the Glory of God In the first of this two-part series we highlighted the Philadelphia Boys’ Latin school. This institution is graduating young men of character whose language skills outstrip most
This is post 1 of 2 in the series “Latin study” Latin is Better Than Video Games Learn Latin to the Glory of God Ancient Latin inscription Answer: Martin Luther King Question: Who said, “I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation
Students Need to Know Why They Know What They Know John Calvin. The name evokes images of esoteric theological discussions in medieval European churches. But did you know that Calvin helped his hometown (Geneva, Switzerland) smell better? And that wasn’t the casual result of some marginal avocation. No, Calvin regarded the olfactory to
Downtown Staunton, Augusta County, Virginia. Photo by henristosch, CC BY-SA 2.0 de, Wikipedia. A week before Christmas, the public schools of Augusta County were closed for a day because of possible “risk of harm to school officials” amid an angry backlash of parents over an assignment given to students at Riverheads
Today many university students put subjectivity over objectivity, feelings over the pursuit of truth. We have written on this phenomenon in the post “Safe Spaces”: Converting Students to Jihadis on University Campuses. Maybe instead of simply critiquing this trend, we should provide an alternative. How about “growth spaces” of intellectual
The current “safe spaces” rage indicates that apparently, the soup of political correctness hasn’t turned out to be very nourishing. That stew has been fed to American students for a generation. In the interim, they’ve grown into university scholars who are unable to bear any criticism. Even the perception of critique is too
Unlikely as it may seem, a jihadi doctrine is growing among non-Muslims in the Western world. The growth of this doctrine is leading to the demise of the West. Western universities used to be “liberal” places (as in “liberal arts”), centers of critical thinking, free speech, freedom of conscience. People of different views
Since ISIS swept into northern Iraq in 2014, tens of thousands of people have been killed, and over two million internally displaced. The Islamic state first attacked their fellow Muslims, the Iraqi majority Shiite population. Then they virtually destroyed the Yazidi civilization, a sect founded in the 12th century that
