Classically Schooled Graduates Retell Journey 25 Years Later
If you could fast forward 25 years into the future and interview your kids as adults about their education, what would they say? Our guests today graduated from one...
Two Ways to Evaluate a School (Whether Online or Brick and Mortar)
Online learning is a growing alternative to brick and mortar schools. There are lots of advantages to learning outside a traditional classroom, but there are limits to this form...
We Don’t Need No SAT Test! There’s a Better Way to Test for College Entrance
For decades the SAT has served as THE doorway that all students have to successfully pass through if they have any hopes of being accepted by reputable colleges. But...
1 Million Dead in 100 Days – Education as a Killing Machine
For 100 days in 1994 more than one million Rwandans were killed in a genocide by their own neighbors. How could such a horrific killing come about? Patrick Twagirayesu...
Under 18: Barna Researcher Shares the Latest Findings on Gen Z
Brooke Hempell is the VP of Research for the Barna Group. Their latest research (due out in January 2018) examines the “Gen Z” generation now in K-12 schools. This...
Why Classical Education May Not Be For You
There are a lot of reasons to love classical Christian education, but is it really best for every family and child? Are there some folks who would actually do...
I’ve Got 50 Bible Versions on My Phone — Why Memorize It?
Knowing and loving the Bible is something Christian parents know is critical for the spiritual well-being of their children. Yet in a “sound bite” culture, why do we need...
How Would You Try to Change the Culture of an Entire Country?
Greg Wilson and Lisa Irving joined Bruce Flanagan in Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam to help him do just that. Bruce spent 26 years in various capacities —...
Do Classical Christian Schools Create Perfectionist Parents and Students?
We live in a world that celebrates mediocrity and egalitarianism, where no one can judge anyone, and anyone’s truth is as good as anyone else’s. A classical Christian school...
Why I Chose a Classical Christian School After 15 Years Working in Public and Charter Schools
Alex Macdonald began his journey into education teaching in a grammar school in New York. He spent years working with charter schools, pioneering efforts with technology and education, and...
Haphazard or Intentional – Raising the Next Generation with Purpose
Luke Davis up and moved from sunny Florida to the center of the city in Seattle, Washington, with his wife and four young children, with the specific purpose of...
Anxiety Free Learning and Living
Modern education is an education in anxiety. Teaching has largely become a technical trade designed to instill efficiently in students a volume of information so that students will prove...
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,...
Star Wars Does Battle Against the Me Generation
It is all about ME! Discover the greatest you! Just Do It! Be true to yourself! Countless slogans define our culture and whisper to our children…yet we are called...