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
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
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:
Read MoreWhy study dead old men? Cicero quote
There have been numerous speculations about my absence from the Leaky Bucket. Here are a few answers:
Read MoreGo Dana! Go Monarchs!
Big week for our country and big week for Veritas Academy!
Read MoreJudgment Day?
Public schools here are only going to be able to increase their budget by 2% next year (without applying for special permission from the state). Here is the story:
Read MoreTo the Mission Field Anyone
I am intrigued by the TED talks. Here is one that might be controversial. It advocates an undercutting approach to terrorism (fighting for the hearts and minds of the people who support terrorism ... Read More
Value Added Scores Go Up
There is more data out on the local schools. This data is from the Pennsylvania Value Added Assessment System. Here is the article:
Read MoreThe Speed of Cultural Change
You might have missed this because of amount of information whipping by, but California just made it illegal to counsel a homosexual minor in a way that encourages them that they can change. Here ... Read More
SAT scores
It seems that County SAT score have gone up slightly this year. Here is the article:
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