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

What Our Faire County is Great!

Posted by Ty Fischer on Oct 15, 2012 8:17:27 AM

The attached story is a sign (a small "s" sacrament) of what I find in Lancaster County. Lancastrians are helpful. They help each other. They help strangers. They help people all over the world. ... Read More

To the Mission Field Anyone

Posted by Ty Fischer on Oct 4, 2012 10:37:01 AM

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

Posted by Ty Fischer on Oct 3, 2012 12:52:11 PM

There is more data out on the local schools. This data is from the Pennsylvania Value Added Assessment System. Here is the article:

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The Speed of Cultural Change

Posted by Ty Fischer on Oct 1, 2012 11:11:41 AM

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

PSSA Problem

Posted by Ty Fischer on Sep 26, 2012 6:09:37 PM

Here is a link to an opinion piece in today's Lancaster Intelligencer. It criticizes the PSSA testing:

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No Country for Regular Children

Posted by Ty Fischer on Sep 14, 2012 10:16:01 AM

I had an interesting conversation with a father of grown children recently. He mentioned how his family moved around the county to find the right schools for his children. He asserted this (I am ... Read More

Question on the Great Books

Posted by Ty Fischer on Sep 12, 2012 9:18:38 AM

 

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Classical Christian Education and Catholic Schools

Posted by Ty Fischer on Sep 8, 2012 6:22:20 AM

There is an interesting article on the First Things blog about the growth of classical Christian education amongst Catholics. Here is the articles:

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The Beginning and the End

Posted by Ty Fischer on Sep 3, 2012 11:18:59 AM

It has been a wonderful summer and I can not wait to get back to work!

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