A recent article in Newsweek reminds its readers: Schools have a profound effect on the values...
CLASSICAL IN THE NEWS
In Defense of a Classical Education
The Classic Learning Test (CLT) is growing in popularity. Many ACCS schools offer this test as an...
The Manhattan Institute–Classical Education: An Attractive School Choice for Parents
The Manhattan Institute recently released a research brief on the distinctive value of classical...
FROM “THE DIFFERENCE”
Classical Conundrums: Living in a STEM World
Q: We live in a STEM world. Shouldn’t we prioritize that current reality above a liberal arts...
How the West Was Lost
by Ty Fischer A review of Carl Trueman’s "The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self" Have you ever...
What Is Socratic Discussion?
by Gary Hartenburg Socrates, who has been condemned to die—in one sense unjustly, but in another...
OUR SCHOOLS
A Video Facebook Refuses to Post
Facebook recently censored a video posted by ACCS member The Saint Constantine School in Houston,...
A GIFT WITHOUT AN “ASK.”
A HIGH SCHOOL CLASS IN THE PARK ATTRACTS MORE THAN A LITTLE ATTENTION. -- SCOTT TAYLOR,...
Hancus ille Vaccanis translated by Karen Moore
Hancus Ille Vaccanis: The Original Adventures of Hank the Cowdog To You from Texas ~ Translated by...
CLASSICAL IN THE NEWS
Classical Schools Cut Through the Culture Wars
A recent article in Newsweek reminds its readers: Schools have a profound effect on the values...
FROM “THE DIFFERENCE”
Classical Conundrums: Living in a STEM World
Q: We live in a STEM world. Shouldn’t we prioritize that current reality above a liberal arts...
OUR SCHOOLS
A Video Facebook Refuses to Post
Facebook recently censored a video posted by ACCS member The Saint Constantine School in Houston,...
In Defense of a Classical Education
The Classic Learning Test (CLT) is growing in popularity. Many ACCS schools offer this test as an...
How the West Was Lost
by Ty Fischer A review of Carl Trueman’s "The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self" Have you ever...
A GIFT WITHOUT AN “ASK.”
A HIGH SCHOOL CLASS IN THE PARK ATTRACTS MORE THAN A LITTLE ATTENTION. -- SCOTT TAYLOR,...
The Manhattan Institute–Classical Education: An Attractive School Choice for Parents
The Manhattan Institute recently released a research brief on the distinctive value of classical...
What Is Socratic Discussion?
by Gary Hartenburg Socrates, who has been condemned to die—in one sense unjustly, but in another...
Hancus ille Vaccanis translated by Karen Moore
Hancus Ille Vaccanis: The Original Adventures of Hank the Cowdog To You from Texas ~ Translated by...
A Princess Without a King
How Hollywood lost its way Have you noticed how the stories in our most popular story form—the movies—have paled in recent years? In 2019, the top 10 movies were: Avengers Endgame (sequel), The Lion King (remake), Frozen II (sequel), Toy Story 4 (sequel cubed),...
INSIDE YOUR CLASSICAL CLASSROOM
Classical Conundrums: Living in a STEM World
Q: We live in a STEM world. Shouldn’t we prioritize that current reality above a liberal arts education? A: STEM is not a new pursuit but rather an...
What Is Socratic Discussion?
by Gary Hartenburg Socrates, who has been condemned to die—in one sense unjustly, but in another sense not—sleeps peacefully in his jail cell. His...
OUR SCHOOLS IN THE NEWS
A Video Facebook Refuses to Post
Facebook recently censored a video posted by ACCS member The Saint Constantine School in Houston, TX. The video of students and others reciting...
A GIFT WITHOUT AN “ASK.”
A HIGH SCHOOL CLASS IN THE PARK ATTRACTS MORE THAN A LITTLE ATTENTION. -- SCOTT TAYLOR, Headmaster, Veritas Academy, Savannah, GA, January 20, 2021...
EYE ON EDUCATION
The Manhattan Institute–Classical Education: An Attractive School Choice for Parents
The Manhattan Institute recently released a research brief on the distinctive value of classical Christian education, and why it has become so attractive to parents. The full PDF of the report with end notes is linked at the bottom. Classical Christian education's...
The Equality Act
The Equality Act One of the most important pieces of legislation in our lifetime Read: The Equality Act, H.R. 5Breakpoint: The Equality Act The Heritage Foundation: The Dangers of the Equality Act The Public Discourse: Albert Mohler on the Equality Act The new...
A Promise to America’s Children
A Promise to America's Children We Will Put Their Needs First From Breakpoint “Public schools can be bad, but we have good schools in our neighborhood.” This sentiment is familiar to those who call parents to Christian education. If we need another proof point,...
“OUTLOOK” IS IMPORTANT
CLASSICAL CHRISTIAN EDUCATION ONWARD The classically educated adults scored significantly higher than other Christians in measures of gratitude, hopefulness, sense that life is under control, and ability to handle suffering. Gene Veith points out something that...
Biden Administration Terminates 1776 Commission
The 1619 Project Claim: Slavery was introduced to America in 1619 Claim: The American Revolution was fought to protect slavery The 1776 Commission Members of the 1776 Commission Read More: The 1619 Project - An exhaustive list of resources and news Background: 1619...
FOR PARENTS
On the Same Team
By Hannah K. Grieser All five of our kids have attended an ACCS school that welcomes students from a variety of Christian denominations. This means...
The Imaginative Dad
By David Goodwin, President, ACCS Summer is both a blessing and a curse. As we see various declining patterns for our sons in American society...
FAITH & CULTURE
GraceLife Church: Neither Judge Nor Jury
Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber...
Jesus or Anti-Racism
By Ty Fischer I seek to avoid the word “must” so I'll use the word "please." Please do these two things with this new article by Rod Dreher,...
COLLEGE
Classical Patricide
Victor Davis Hanson recently wrote an article in The New Criterion titled "Classical Patricide." Both Greece and Rome dominated the world stage for...
A Caution for Parents on College Choice and Critical Race Theory
One of the foundational goals of ACCS schools and the classical method is to prepare students to debate and evaluate ideas, and for this, reasoned...
BOOKS
How the West Was Lost
by Ty Fischer A review of Carl Trueman’s "The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self" Have you ever been lost? I mean really lost. As a boy, I misread a map as we were leaving a St.Louis Cardinals game. My dad realized something was wrong when I mentioned that the last...
The Horse and His Boy: The Danger of Totalitarian Ideology
This Side of the Wardrobe Lessons from Literature Series: Part I By Louis Markos Lewis’s fifth novel in the Chronicles of Narnia series is set during the Golden Age of Narnia when the four Pevensie children rule from the four thrones in Cair Paravel. Most of this...
Fault Lines: A Social Justice Vaccine
By Ty Fischer A deadly virus. A novel population. Mitigation efforts fail. Churches divide. The body count grows. Some lock their families away in hopes of avoiding illness. Classical Christian schools have not been immune, having witnessed some of their best and...
MORE NEWS
A Princess Without a King
How Hollywood lost its way Have you noticed how the stories in our most popular story form—the movies—have paled in recent years? In 2019, the top 10 movies were: Avengers Endgame (sequel), The Lion King (remake), Frozen II (sequel), Toy Story 4 (sequel cubed),...
Classical Patricide
Victor Davis Hanson recently wrote an article in The New Criterion titled "Classical Patricide." Both Greece and Rome dominated the world stage for centuries. Geographically, they covered large territories and influenced the shape of culture down to present day....
“Education”: A Tale of 2 Dictionaries
I’d like to ponder something I’ll call "A Tale of Two Dictionaries," and in particular how those two dictionaries define a specific word: "education." The results are enlightening. This short article by The Epoch Times contrasts the contemporary dictionary definition...
VIDEOS
Hannah Kim-Winner of the 2021 Chrysostom Oratory Competition: The Mythology of Modern Science
The 2021 First Place Chrysostom Oratory Competition Winner Hannah Kim, from Veritas Classical Academy, Fullerton, CA, presented her winning thesis, “Fact Became Myth: The Mythology of Modern Science” at the Repairing the Ruins conference, June 2021, in Frisco, TX....
“Live not by Lies” The Classical Difference Interviews Rod Dreher
"Fighting the Naked Emperor": A Review of Live Not By Lies | Mortification of Spin: Rod Dreher and Live Not by Lies
Good Soil Resources
Pages and Articles https://www.classicaldifference.com/good-soil/ https://www.classicaldifference.com/good-soil-q-a/ https://www.classicaldifference.com/welcome-to-good-soil/ https://www.classicaldifference.com/news-alert-good-soil-report-released-today/...
