Originally published on August 26, 2020 at https://reginaacademies.org/2020/08/26/education-or-indoctrination/ It was recently reported that a teacher in a Philadelphia public charter school lamented on his Twitter that with the Philadelphia schools going virtual again this fall, he wouldn’t be able to have “honest conversations about gender/sexuality” with his students. His reason… parents might be “spectators” in...
Originally published on April 21, 2020 at https://reginaacademies.org/2020/04/21/the-why-of-classical-education/ The Golden Circle and the WHY of Classical Education Simon Sinek is an author and motivational speaker who is best known for popularizing the concept of WHY. His first TED Talk in 2009 has received over 50 million views, and his book, Start with WHY has sold...
Originally published on March 24, 2010 at https://reginaacademies.org/2020/03/24/for-such-a-time-as-this/ As schools, and all but essential business are shutting down around us and the world adopts “social distancing” in response to the coronavirus, we are all presented with a challenge: How do we respond? The book of Esther is one of those gems of the Old Testament....
Raising children who will be prepared to meet the challenges of an increasingly complex and competitive world is one of a parent’s greatest concerns. Two reports were published last week that should cause them alarm. They show that innovation in education has not been in the student’s best interest. “A student achievement crisis” The Nation’s Report...
Originally published on October 8, 2019 at https://reginaacademies.org/2019/10/08/faith-and-reason/ St. John Paul II began the 13th of his 14 encyclical letters, Fides et Ratio (Faith and Reason) with a beautiful image of the importance of both faith and reason in humanity’s quest for truth. He said that: “Faith and reason are like two wings upon which the human spirit...
Originally published on August 22, 2019 at https://reginaacademies.org/2019/08/22/salve-regina/ Celebrating the Feast Day of the Regina Academies Today, August 22nd, is the Feast of the Queenship of Mary, the patroness of the Regina Academies. It is our feast day, and a good day to reflect on the origins or the feast, its continued relevance in the life of...
Originally published on May 2, 2019 at https://reginaacademies.org/2019/05/02/education-to-make-us-gods/ “God became man so that we might become God.” (St. Athanasius) (On the Feast of St. Athanasius) On March 25, we began a series of posts to clarify what we mean when we say that the Regina Academies are Catholic classical liberal arts schools. Classical education is...
Originally published on March 25, 2019 at https://reginaacademies.org/2019/03/25/classical-liberal-arts-curriculum/ Today, March 25, the Church celebrates the feast of the Annunciation, the moment when the Angel Gabriel came to visit the Blessed Virgin Mary in Nazareth and invited her to fulfill her role in salvation history by becoming the Mother of the Redeemer, Jesus Christ. As Catholics,...
“How awesome is this place! This is none other than the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.” (Gen 28.17) Joining people from all over the world, I watched with horror and sadness yesterday as Notre Dame burned. There was a time in my life that I had many opportunities to be...
O Lord, our Lord, How majestic your name in all the earth, When I consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, The moon and the starts, which You have ordained; What is man that You take thought of him, And the son of man that You care for him? Yet, You have made him...
