Quit giving discussions a free pass to suck.

Pearls clutched.

The dangers of television—and the danger of “the dangers of television.”

There might be a better option.

“Peace” just won’t cut it.

A good teacher is called to die.

Can administrators use AI to do their homework?

Hard work normally leads to good work and accomplishments, but when it doesn’t, you can’t pretend it does.

Wonder has become a cliche, but we can take it back.

A public speaking class ought to involve a lot of public speaking, not a lot of writing.

Big writing assignments that drag on for an entire semester often involve a lot of wasted time and resources.

When you lecture on “servanthood,” students often roll their eyes. Here’s a speech about the subject they might cut through a few layers of cynicism.

What exactly is a classical educator trying to do?

Do graduates come back to chat? How many former students are in your contacts list?

The high school classroom needs to be a place of ritual, tradition, convention, form, and ceremony, all of which are better means of maintaining decorum than a stern eye, even though there’s nothing wrong with a stern eye. When the habits of classroom decorum are formal—standing together, sitting together, reciting together, addressing one another by surnames—they create a mood, an ethos, which is far more effective in regulating and elevating behavior than an abstract credo like, “In this class, we believe our classmates deserve respect.”

The high school classroom needs to be a place of ritual, tradition, convention, form, and ceremony, all of which are better means of maintaining decorum than a stern eye, even though there’s nothing wrong with a stern eye. When the habits of classroom decorum are formal—standing together, sitting together, reciting together, addressing one another by surnames—they create a mood, an ethos, which is far more effective in regulating and elevating behavior than an abstract credo like, “In this class, we believe our classmates deserve respect.”

The high school classroom needs to be a place of ritual, tradition, convention, form, and ceremony, all of which are better means of maintaining decorum than a stern eye, even though there’s nothing wrong with a stern eye. When the habits of classroom decorum are formal—standing together, sitting together, reciting together, addressing one another by surnames—they create a mood, an ethos, which is far more effective in regulating and elevating behavior than an abstract credo like, “In this class, we believe our classmates deserve respect.”

The high school classroom needs to be a place of ritual, tradition, convention, form, and ceremony, all of which are better means of maintaining decorum than a stern eye, even though there’s nothing wrong with a stern eye. When the habits of classroom decorum are formal—standing together, sitting together, reciting together, addressing one another by surnames—they create a mood, an ethos, which is far more effective in regulating and elevating behavior than an abstract credo like, “In this class, we believe our classmates deserve respect.”

The high school classroom needs to be a place of ritual, tradition, convention, form, and ceremony, all of which are better means of maintaining decorum than a stern eye, even though there’s nothing wrong with a stern eye. When the habits of classroom decorum are formal—standing together, sitting together, reciting together, addressing one another by surnames—they create a mood, an ethos, which is far more effective in regulating and elevating behavior than an abstract credo like, “In this class, we believe our classmates deserve respect.”

The question that generally arises is, "How does a school with a humanities-centered curriculum prepare students for STEM programs at the collegiate level?" Let me assure you that what we do here will prepare our students well.