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 the...
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 over...
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. The...
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 Card has...
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 rises...
