A Job Application
I started a post nearly a year ago called "My Philosophy of Education." That post is still unpublished. It turns out that articulating something as big as a philosophy of education is really hard to do. And it&
Brent Odell
A collection of 16 posts
The Power of Story
In Classical Christian Education, we believe in the power of story to form a person. We're all living in a story. We have the Biblical story, which is the ultimate story; the story of the cosmos, which God
Classical Christian Education Lingo Lexicon
This will be a post that I update periodically as I come across new terms, or people that others might like to know about. Association of Classical Christian Schools (ACCS) The Association of Classical Christian Schools was the first and
An Invitation to the Pain of Learning
Last week I came across this article from 1941 by Mortimer Adler (the editor of the Great Books of the Western World series, as well as at least one book that's discussed in classical circles: The Paideia Proposal)
The Lost Art of Conflict
In C.S. Lewis’ On Reading Old Books we read: Every age has its own outlook. It is specially good at seeing certain truths and specially liable to make certain mistakes. We all, therefore, need the books that will correct
My Journey to Christian Classical Education
Christian classical education (CCE). Telos. Paideia. I cannot remember where I first heard each of these terms, but over the past five to seven years they have become a defining part of my life. My earliest experience with formal education
The nature of cheating, and what to do about it
Recently, I've been wrestling with what to do with cheating in my classroom. Do I name it and address it as such, or use other means to direct students toward what is right? Growing up in public school,
Allow me to wax poetic over waxing poetic
On the Power of Words Language. What is it? Webster's Dictionary from 1828 gives a long list of definitions. The first beginning with: Human speech; the expression of ideas by words or significant articulate sounds, for the communication