Ep. 4 – Recovering the Education of the Western Tradition: An Interview with Dr. Robert Woods
The state of higher education has been adrift since the 1960s, and this drift from a truly liberal education to indoctrination for the ideological agendas…
Tag: Education
Ep. 3 – Ten Books That Shaped Our Education
In Episode 3, Scott Postma and Joffre Swait riff off of the humorous anecdote where Chesterton was asked which book he would want with him…
What Benefit Can Young People Derive from Classical Education? (Part 2)
[ This post originally appeared on my classical teacher site, Locus Classicus. ] [ Concluded from Part 1 ] For myself, I desire to take…
What Benefit Can Young People Derive from Classical Education? (Part 1)
[ This post originally appeared on my classical teacher site, Locus Classicus. ] I want to approach this seemingly counter-productive question (at least for those…
Ep. 2 – Leisure and Knowledge in Education
When a culture is in the process of denying its own roots, it becomes most important to know what these roots are. We had best…
Why Teach Our Children Rhetoric?
What does the word “rhetoric” mean to you? Most people associate “rhetoric” with words that are big, showy, or empty, fake, and manipulative. Why would…
Why Study the Medieval Period?
In chaotic times, we search for direction. What do you do in the middle of a pandemic? Riots? Racial strife and wars? A collapsing economy? …