Five Temptations for Classical Christian Education; Part 3

Posted by veritas on Nov 24, 2012 7:42:35 AM

In Brian Douglas' fine article in First Thing on temptations facing classical Christian education, he outlines dangers facing schools like Veritas. The first one (see part 2) is on adopting ... Read More

Love in the Western World

Posted by veritas on Nov 23, 2012 3:09:28 PM

I still hope to read a few more books this summer, but I think I might have found the most impacting: Denis de Roguemont’s Love In the Western World.

 

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The Fabulous World of Tomorrow and Its Schools

Posted by veritas on Nov 22, 2012 6:02:38 AM

Yesterday's paper had one of those stories that should make us smile (were it not so sad). The story outlines the future of Lancaster County. Guess what: it could be very rosy. Guess what it will ... Read More

Cyborg Schools

Posted by veritas on Nov 22, 2012 5:49:57 AM

No wait I misread all the stories. I mean Cyber school. Recently, the Lancaster papers ran a number of stories on the Cyber schooling movement. Not all of them were negative, but I would say that ... Read More

The Secular Conundrum

Posted by veritas on Nov 22, 2012 5:33:03 AM

Recently, the Lancaster paper has covered a little tempest in the Eastern Lancaster County School District (Elanco). (For full disclosure, I am a friend of and have a lot of respect for the Elanco ... Read More

Five Temptations for Classical Christian Education; Part 2

Posted by veritas on Nov 21, 2012 9:47:16 AM

This is my ongoing analysis of Brian Douglass' excellent article on the temptations that CCe faces presently. It is a challenging and insightful article. The first temptation is success--or ... Read More

Five Temptations for Classical Christian Education

Posted by veritas on Nov 21, 2012 9:29:34 AM

This article by Brian Douglas is so good that I am going to post it here in its entirety and here and then I am going to take a few more articles to dig deeper. It is excellent:

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Why study dead old men? Cicero quote

Posted by veritas on Nov 21, 2012 9:08:59 AM

There have been numerous speculations about my absence from the Leaky Bucket. Here are a few answers:

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Go Dana! Go Monarchs!

Posted by Ty Fischer on Oct 22, 2012 8:25:51 AM

Big week for our country and big week for Veritas Academy!

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Interesting TED Talk

Posted by Ty Fischer on Oct 15, 2012 8:23:51 AM

Here is a great talk about art and its meaning. Enjoy:

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