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Matthew Lee AndersonEducation
There are, of course, two relevant considerations in giving a lecture: the ideas and the form. Each has its own difficulties, and while they are inextricably linked, the form seems to pose the greatest challenge to me. I may be […]
Andrew WalkerEducation
Education without ethos is simply unsustainable given the indefatigable impulse toward rogue individualism. As was once said of conservative philosopher Russell Kirk, “if you stand still long enough, soon or
Matthew Lee AndersonEducation
As someone who has worked briefly in Christian education, I am excited to see more attention being paid to pedagogy and its relationship to anthropology. While Paul Spears and Steven
Matthew Lee AndersonEducation
If ideas have consequences, so do the affections. I've been reading through Richard Weaver's classic essay "Education and the Individual" today. And to be
Jeremy MannEducation
I recently had the chance to read Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye for my Teach For America credentialing program at Loyola Marymount University. Reading the book in that setting prompted notice of the near absence of school in the novel. […]
Jeremy MannEducation
I like to invent games, the more variables the better: multiple creators, absurd rules, elaborate procedures, built-in randomizers. One could accuse me of getting more excited about the invention
Jeremy MannEducation
I just read an expansive article by David Tyack, professor emeritus at Stanford in the history of education. In the article Tyack considers at length the different populations that have
Jeremy MannEducation
Hi, I'm a new contributor to Mere O. I understand you ("the reader"? How formal are we here?) have a civil but guarded relationship with new
Keith E. BuhlerEducation
The Modern educational experiment has run its course. It does not seem to be working. Illiteracy is at an all-time high. High school completion continues to lower, especially in areas such as the inner city of L.A., where completion rates […]
Matthew Lee AndersonEducation
Some programs are so good, so powerful, and so important, that their impact is nearly impossible to describe to the outside world. The Torrey Honors Institute of Biola University is one such program. Wheatstone Academy, an offshoot, is another. Since […]
Keith E. BuhlerEducation
The Book Meme from Brant from a few weeks back is much appreciated, and Matt's list offers some unexpected books. I'll throw in my list for
Matthew Lee AndersonEducation
This Veteran's Day, consider giving to Honor Flight, which provides free trips to the WWII Memorial for WWII veterans. WWII Veterans are dying at a phenomenal rate (1200