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Carry Me Back to Old-Time Singing

March 24, 2022 by Christy Oliver

Singing is as old as the world. Men sang as they plowed the fields. Women sang as they washed and ironed. Young people sang at husking bees. Soldiers sang as they marched. On sultry evenings, families sang on front porches, accompanied by banjos, guitars, and … Read more

Three Common Objections to Homeschooling – Answered

March 3, 2022March 2, 2022 by Christy Oliver

It’s March, and Conference Season is beginning again. Whereas 2021 saw a return to educational conferences, the 2022 season promises a real flourishing of events as people return to enjoy the pleasure of one another’s company and the joy of carving out time to attend … Read more

And Then There's This . . .

Vince Bielski, When Classical Learning Meets Public Education the Dialogue Isn’t Always Socratic. “Classical education, whose name gained traction in the 1980s to evoke the movement’s focus on liberal arts and the Western canon, is struggling to overcome local political opposition.”

Peter Wood, After College: The Coming Cultural Collapse of Higher Education. “Students graduate with a veneer of knowledge rather than a core. An increasingly obsolescent institution has wedded itself to an increasingly noisome cultural stance.”

Anthony Esolen, Heap Songs Upon Their Heads. “We are the most beauty-starved people, I am persuaded, who have ever trod the earth.”

Gregory Wolfe, The Wound of Beauty. “The time has come to bring beauty back, to give it the glass slipper and invite it to the prom.”