Ep. 39 – Carrie Eben on Intellectual Virtues, Assessment, and Poetic Knowledge
This is Episode 39 of the Consortium Podcast, an academic audio blog sponsored by Kepler Education. In this episode, Scott Postma talks with Carrie Eben,…
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Ep. 38 – Karen Elliott and the Rafiki Foundation
This is Episode 38 of the Consortium Podcast, an academic audio blog sponsored by Kepler Education. In this episode, Scott Postma talks with the executive…
Rescuing Rational Public Discourse Through the Renewal of Rhetoric
What follows is not meant to be a political rant or op-ed. It is an observation followed by the assertion of a simple solution to…
Ep. 35 – Andrew Kern: What Happened to Classical Education?
This is Episode 35 of the Consortium Podcast, an academic audio blog of Kepler Education. In this episode, Scott Postma talks with Andrew Kern of…
Ep. 34 – The Growing Spotlight on Classical Christian Education
This is Episode 34 of the Consortium Podcast, an academic audio blog of Kepler Education. In this episode, Scott Postma sits down with Joffre Swait…
Music: A Fundamental Component to a Liberal Arts Education
In 1996, the College Entrance Exam Board Service conducted a study on all students taking their SAT exams. Students who sang or played a musical…
Leadership is Listening
The famed UCLA basketball coach, the late John Wooden, once told a reporter who asked that the key to good leadership (i.e., having influence) is…
The Destiny of All
Not everyone is obliged to excel in philosophy, medicine, or the law, nor are all equally favored by nature; but all are destined to live…
Education and the State
The public interest in the individual’s life and learning is not that of a prospective employer or bureaucrat. Although, the individual must live in harmony…
Stop Saying “Can’t”
Annie Sullivan was a classical educator who began teaching Helen Keller when Keller was only six years old. Sullivan used fingerspelling, a tedious method of…