Articles on education, including curriculum recommendations, book reviews, resource reviews, and the case for Christian education.
Let me make a bold statement—Christian parents still willing to send their children to public school are either ignorant or in denial. I am willing to give most people the benefit of the doubt and assume they are in denial. What are they in denial of? The fact that American public schools train children in an atheistic worldview and indoctrinate them with a leftist agenda.
Read MoreI usually review books that I can recommend. However, I decided to review Going Public: Your Child Can Thrive in Public School by David & Kelli Pritchard because it one of the only books I am aware of that encourages Christians to send their children to public schools. Forgive me for being unduly harsh in this review, but this really is a terrible book. And Tim Challies should be ashamed for writing a favorable review.
Read MoreThe goal of the book is, as the title suggests, to get Christians Thinking Biblically About Education. However, the subtitle tells the reader more about the book's argument—Why Parents Should Abandon Government Schools and Take Back Control of Education.
Read MoreThe answer to this problem is quite simple. Americans cannot read or write well because they do not read or write often. Reading and writing are both skills that take practice. They require a working knowledge of the English language. No one is born with these skills. Rather, a person acquires them over time and with repetition.
Read MoreThat Christian children are part of the covenant means that parents are to train them in the covenant. Christian children need to be taught a Christian worldview and trained to think God's thoughts after Him. They need to learn every subject with God and His Word as the foundation, for "The fear of Yahweh is the beginning of knowledge" (Proverbs 1:7).
Read MoreThe Bible is a unified whole with strong continuity between the Old and New Testaments. The Bible is the story of God saving His people from sin and judgment—one people, not two. God called a man named Abram (later changed to Abraham) to be the father of “a multitude of nations” (Genesis 17:4). God gave Abraham land and offspring, and it was said that “in [him] all the families of the earth shall be blessed” (Genesis 12:3).
Read MoreProgressives lament the poverty associated with inner city schools, and they use the situation to argue that the schools need more money. But lack of funding is certainly not the problem, as public schools spend on average more than $12,000 per child. And inner city schools usually spend far more than this. What progressives really ought to be lamenting is that the public schools themselves contribute to poverty.
Read MoreThe greatest violation of sphere sovereignty today is in the area of education. Throughout history, both the state and the church have claimed responsibility for the role of educating children. However, both of these spheres are mistaken. The responsibility of educating children is a task God has given to parents. Parents have direct authority over their children, as seen in the 5th commandment for children to honor their father and mother.
Read MoreOur modern American government is a disaster. The state has become a totalitarian monster that has invaded every aspect of life. Whereas God designed the spheres of the family and the church to govern in their own respects, the modern state has sought to usurp the authority of these spheres.
Read MoreMurray’s main point is that Americans have been influenced by “educational romanticism.” Murray defines this as “the lie that every child can be anything he or she wants to be” (p. 11). In other words, people today are unrealistic. They ignore the reality that not all children can be educated at a high level.
Read MoreParenting has fallen on hard times in our day, as many parents have abdicated the responsibility to raise their children. This is sad because of the monumental influence parents have on their children. No one understood this influence better than R.L. Dabney, the great Southern Presbyterian pastor and theologian.
Read MoreThe problem in all this is not bathrooms. The problem is that leftists have become so bent on opposing discrimination that they no longer understand the difference between a man and a woman. The unbelieving culture has become sexually confused. They have steered the car straight into the ditch of irrationality.
Read MoreChurch history is the story of God’s providential workings in the church. And it is a sad fact that most Christians today know little of it. This is made worse because church history is exciting. The history of Christ’s church includes great people, great events, and great stories.
Read MoreI want to talk about one of the most pressing issues of our day—education. But rather than invoke the opinions of man on this subject, I want us to look at a very important passage from God’s Word, Deuteronomy 6. God has much to say about parenting and educating our children, and this is one of the central passages on the subject.
Read MoreEven if we have seen examples of homeschool children who are socially awkward, this should not be seen as a necessary product of homeschooling. This criticism is a gross overgeneralization and ignores the fact that there are also socially awkward children in the public schools.
Read MoreMany parents are looking for a way out of the public schools, but they need a viable financial alternative to make it happen. Private school sounds great, but it can be expensive. However, what if you can get a high-quality private school education for cheap? That’s where online video education comes in.
Read MoreGatto has quite a negative view towards America’s public school system. Having taught in it for 30 years, he has seen firsthand how “government monopoly schools” and “compulsory schools” (as he calls them) have brought harm upon our society. They have locked kids away, separated them from community and parents, destroyed individualism, and sought to conform them to how the state sees fit.
Read MoreThe phrase “classical education” is thrown around a lot today. However, many people do not know what this phrase actually means. For that reason, I generally avoid using it. That being said, I think classical education is the best model of education. So what is it?
Read MoreYou will not receive good economic instruction from our modern educational system. Most high schools and colleges do not require economics courses, and if they do, they often teach unsound economics. You will have to go elsewhere for good economic education. Thankfully, there are good resources out there, and many of them are free. And it’s never too late to start learning the subject.
Read MoreKhan Academy has now posted over 6,500 instructional videos on a variety of subjects, most on math and science. But Khan Academy continues to expand, now offering videos on economics, history, and even SAT prep. Each subject has instructional videos, practice problems and quizzes, and even a guide for teachers. Most of the videos are under 10 minutes, and they are well done. The best thing about Khan Academy is that it is entirely free.
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