By Chris Brady "World View" is a term recently popularized by philosophers and media pundits who debate spiritual and political matters. It refers to the lens through which people see (and therefore interpret) the world around them. All information and observations must pass through this lens and be colored by one's World … [Read more...]
How to NOT Ruin Freedom
January 2, 2012 by Leave a Comment
By Oliver DeMille In the American founding era, most of the leading thinkers were rationalists. This means that they believed in reason as a top method of determining truth. Note that the general concept of reason has changed since then. When most people think of reason today, they tend to mix it with the ideas of logic, science and … [Read more...]
Education Insights: Unschooling Rules (A Book Review)
December 19, 2011 by 1 Comment
By Oliver DeMille Once in a while a truly great book comes along that you just can’t wait to tell everyone else to read. Unschooling Rules by Clark Aldrich is that kind of book. I started reading in the afternoon and couldn’t put it down until I finished. My first thought when I completed the last page was, “I wish I had written this!” My … [Read more...]
Three Wrong Lessons
December 5, 2011 by Leave a Comment
By Oliver DeMille The result of our intermingled modern educational and class systems is too often that the modern citizen feels, as G.K. Chesterton put it, “I have no right to think for myself. I have no right to think at all.” Lesson One: A major lesson of our modern schooling is that we are all somewhere on the social scale, we should give way … [Read more...]
Training the Factory Workers for the Farm
November 30, 2011 by 3 Comments
By Kevin Mogavero This past weekend, I had the pleasure of speaking with a good friend of mine whom I have a great deal of respect. She is a teacher in a low-income-area elementary school. We had an inspiring conversation about our current school system, they way “things are” in our society today and how things “should be.” Many of … [Read more...]
The Great Debate on American Education
November 18, 2011 by 1 Comment
By Oliver DeMille Home Schools, the New Private Schools, and Other Non-Traditional Learning The current national commentary on American education is split by a major paradox. On the one hand, nearly all the experts are convinced that our schools must find a way to effectively and consistently teach the values and skills of innovation and … [Read more...]
Why Hebrew?, Part Two: Hebrew Compliments Greek
November 11, 2011 by Leave a Comment
By Shanon Brooks Read Part One Here Must an education be limited to completing a checklist of courses in order to receive a certificate of conformance to present as evidence to a prospective employer of having met a minimum standard of proficiency in practical, productive job skills? Is an education limited to passing through a “liberal … [Read more...]
The Big Debate on American Education
November 7, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Home Schools, the New Private Schools, and Other Non-Traditional Learning By Oliver DeMille The current national commentary on American education is split by a major paradox. On the one hand, nearly all the experts are convinced that our schools must find a way to effectively and consistently teach the values and skills of innovation and … [Read more...]
Education Reform Won’t Work Anymore
November 2, 2011 by 1 Comment
By Oliver DeMille We Need a Transformation! A Review of Ken Robinson's Out of Our Minds: Learning to Be Creative This is an excellent book. Here are some of Robinson’s main points: We are living in a time of global change, whether we admit it or not. “As the world spins faster and faster, organizations everywhere say they need people … [Read more...]
Why Hebrew?: Part one
October 24, 2011 by Leave a Comment
By Shanon Brooks Contributing Author - James Malmstrom, Monticello College Faculty CHOMRONG VILLAGE, Nepal – 2011 – I was sitting in the courtyard of Chomrong Cottage, a charming lodge and the second stop of a 10-day trek into the Annapurna mountain range. The towering snow-capped Himalayan peaks in the distance guarded the gateway to our … [Read more...]
