Articles on education, including curriculum recommendations, book reviews, resource reviews, and the case for Christian education.
The U.S. Supreme Court banned Bible reading in the public schools in the 1963 decision Abington School District v. Schempp, holding that it violated the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment. Since then, the Court has consistently struck down all religious teaching in public schools as unconstitutional.
Read MoreThe English "science" comes from the Latin scientia, which simply means "knowledge." Using this broad definition explains why the medievals considered theology the “queen of the sciences” with philosophy as her “handmaiden.” The modern conception of science that booted theology and philosophy (and other subjects) from the category took place after the Enlightenment.
Read More"Science" comes from the Latin scientia, which means “knowledge.” Today the word is most often used to refer to the hard sciences, such as physics and chemistry. Most students will not need a significant knowledge of these subjects. However, some students will like these subjects so much that they will want to make a career out of them. Regardless, a basic knowledge of science makes for a well-rounded individual.
Read MoreIt is well known today that American public schools are legally barred from praying and teaching the Bible. However, this was not always the case. Religion was not banned from the schools until a series of Supreme Court cases in the mid-1900s that reinterpreted the First Amendment.
Read MoreWe can quarrel about whether atheism or agnosticism is a religion. But there is no denying that these are still worldviews. Everyone has a way of looking at the world. Everyone has fundamental beliefs about life, and these beliefs are shaped by religious views (or lack thereof).
Read MoreThe state seeks conformity among students. This is one reason why public schools make students sit in large classes sorted by their grade and study the same subjects at the same pace as everyone else—for seven hours per day. Is it any wonder most kids hate school?
Read MoreThe Ron Paul curriculum uses shorter reading pieces for its high school literature courses. This makes sense, as no student has enough time to read all the book-length classics. However, students should at least survey the classics and then attempt to read some of them. A great resource here is the six-part Omnibus series by Douglas Wilson and Tyler Fischer.
Read MoreDave Ramsey, the financial guru, is right about a lot of things. But he is wrong about private Christian schools. This can be seen in his answer to a recent question posed for Dave in his newspaper advice column.
Read More"It is self-evident that on this scheme, if it is consistently and persistently carried out in all parts of the country, the United States system of national popular education will be the most efficient and wide instrument for the propagation of Atheism which the world has ever seen."
Read MoreThis is how I learn history and economics. If you are like me, your high school education was lousy, and your college didn’t require much history (and much of it was liberal anyway). You may want to study history and economics, but you also know that books on these subjects can take a lot of work. That’s what makes the audio lectures from Liberty Classroom so great.
Read MoreMann is claiming that the public school system may become “the most effective” and beneficial “of all the forces of civilization.” Why such a bold claim? Mann gives two reasons: (1) The system is universal; and (2) Children are malleable. It is hard to argue with Mann’s reasoning as to the effectiveness of the system.
Read MoreSo what is a homeschool family to do? One may think that homeschool children are mathematically doomed if one of their parents is not an engineer or college math professor. But this is not the case. Online curricula are revolutionizing education, and this includes the subject of math. This means parents do not have to teach the material but can simply serve as a guide for their children, especially while they are young.
Read MoreLet 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.
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Liberty Classroom
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Logos Press
Roman Roads Media
I Want to Homeschool—But Where Do I Start?
Top Five Christian Biographies
What is Classical Education?
Is College Worth the Cost?
Sphere Sovereignty and the Role of Education
Is Homeschool Affordable?
R.L. Dabney's Devastating Critique of Secular Education
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