What is on my kid’s phone?
Today younger and younger aged children carry with them a one-eyed Cyclops screen monster, called a “smart phone” that can immediately connect a young person not only to their...
What You Need to Know About School Accreditation and Certification
In this episode we look at how you can be sure that the school your child is attending is accredited and up to standards. And what about teachers –...
Four years that stick with you for life
What questions should you be considering when evaluating colleges today? What are some of the myths and realities surrounding degrees and careers and where those lead? What kinds of...
K-12 and then to college. Who made this up? Does it even make sense?
John Mark Reynolds is a self professed rule breaker. From his West Virginia upbringings and hard work ethic, he isn’t afraid to innovate and press assumed boundaries. He insists we shouldn’t...
“I was robbed.”
George Grant was successful by all academic accounts and had become a speech writer for well known politicians. But what he realized while working on a masters in political...
My Ugly Is Your Pretty – Beauty Matters
The word “beauty” has gotten a bad rap these days. Modern folks generally toss it aside as an irrelevant and impractical thing, relegated to something soft and impractical, best...
Living and Learning in the Belly of the Beast
Young children should be protected by parents and caregivers, but at some point baby bird has to leave the nest and learn to fly in the “real world.” When to...
Raising Real Women – Wonder Woman or Laura Ingalls?
It isn’t easy to raise a girl today with so many competing voices in our culture, not to mention in our Christian circles. If you are involved in raising...
Why Uniforms? with Rod Gilbert
We’ve all wondered at some point…why do students have to wear uniforms? Does having to conform somehow damage their individuality, or does it actually enhance it? Yes, requiring uniforms...
Latin? What no one told you…
Calculus, computer programming, robotics, STEM classes are all assumed to be the “right choice” for being ready for the jobs of tomorrow. But Latin? That isn’t even a science!...
Marine Commander Who Fought in Benghazi is After Your Kids
Tough as nails Colonel George Bristol has spent 38 years in intense combat missions as a United States Marine in Force Reconnaissance and Special Ops in places like Iraq,...
Is Education Brainwashing?
Propaganda is dangerous stuff. Terrorists and dictators use it but so do marketers, and even schools and universities. It is effective because it most often subtle. Like fish in water, everyone from...