Pinned: I wrote this as one of my first articles in November of 2024. I am gonna pin this bad boy to the top of the blog. Still rings true. Stuff that works, stuff that holds upThe kind of stuff you don’t hang on the wallStuff that’s real, stuff you […]
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You Did Good, Corey Gardenhour
I wrote this two days ago. I have seen the vultures of professional jealousy circling for some time. I knew this ASC temper tantrum would have a final act. We have warned about this potential for months. And for those who said that we were making a mountain out of […]
Sometimes we make teaching too complicated…
The task of modern educators is not to cut down jungles, but to irrigate deserts. ~ C.S. Lewis, The Abolition of Man (1943) Inspire your students to learn, and the rest takes care of itself. Inspire them to be great at something. Inspire them to take initiative, to lead, and […]
Normandy
I think every American student should know what happened there. In fact, any student who wants to live free should know what those men did on those beaches. When the British abandoned their stronghold at Dunkirk in 1940, many thought the war was lost. But the Allies would return. They […]
Part 1: Series on Youth Distance Running
The cross country training block begins next week! You know I enjoy sharing good podcasts. Let’s keep this post short, and let me point you to Steve Magness and Jon Marcus. They host a podcast called The Science of Running: On Coaching. They also have a fantastic website called the […]
Reader Appreciation
The site is well on its way to a record year and potentially – doubling or even tripling the traffic from last year. We continue to focus on innovation in education, maintaining public awareness of issues which directly affect educators and families at the local, stated and federal levels. We […]
What do those stones mean to you?
Are those around us experiencing His Kingdom when we are around? Heavy and important question. We must do your best to live our lives in such away that we are the living stones that Ray Vander Laan spoke about in his series The Dust of the Rabbi. Speaking of which. […]
Podcast Share: Howerton, McPherson, and Visconti talk about pulpits and politics
I really appreciate Josh Howerton for posting a second video(in as many weeks) about the need to quit ignoring politics from the pulpit. After witnessing the systemic and almost daily persecution of a local educator, I have changed my mind on politics in the pulpit. Until about a year ago, […]
Ben Sasse on Public Schools
I have a longer post on Ben Sasse and his 60 minutes interview. But he also has spoken about public education. Sasse basically warns that parental instruction should not be replaced by an institutionalized childhood. In maybe one of the greatest quotes uttered about modern-day public education, he stated the […]
The Tablet of the Human Heart
House keeping first and then today’s entry will follow….Sometimes, I write a lot of content. At other times, it is like a drought, and I am looking for an oasis of just one topic to write about! Often, I will simply hold back in publishing work during weeks where I […]
Josh Howerton and the Conservative Movement
If Godly people won’t, Godless people will. ~ Josh Howerton Like water from a spring in the desert, this podcast fell upon my ears. A friend of mine shared a sermon from Josh Howerton a few weeks back. Consequently, I started listening to his podcasts. In almost all arenas, I […]