“In our secular society, school has become the replacement for church, and like church, it requires that its teachings must be taken on faith.”― John Taylor Gatto As of today, North Carolina schools will be closed for at least the next two weeks due to coronavirus concerns, per order from Gov. Roy Cooper. You heard that …
Abbeville Institute founders Drs. Clyde Wilson and Don Livingston recently asked me to help out a gentleman who had contacted them regarding history curriculum suggestions for homeschoolers. We “eggheads … are limited to ‘higher education’ in our knowledge,” Wilson replied playfully, so he and Livingston passed on the request to me. Interestingly, veteran homeschoolers sometimes …
“Not until we once again recognize and articulate the transcendent value of sound thinking, wide reading, and lucid writing, will our students respond to their lessons enthusiastically.”— David Hicks, classical educator A few choice reading suggestions for pursuing real history (and economics): • Educator Michael Martin discusses the problems with textbooks and suggests some quality …
I’ve been homeschooling my three sons (now 12 and twins who are 11) going on 8 years. But much of the history curriculum (including Christian materials) either unwittingly or intentionally cheer on what Dr. Paul Gottfried describes as our “secular theocracy,” in which America isn’t defined by tangible commonalities like shared values, faith, and customs, …
Yes, you heard me right, folks. Certain death isn’t guaranteed, but the progressive path on which they’re led most definitely leads to undue suffering. It’s killing our youth mentally, intellectually, spiritually, and physically, and it’s killing their futures. Yet, you have North Carolina “teachers” ditching their responsibilities last week to march in Raleigh to “demand …
So, smart moms in two homeschool social-media groups of which I’m a member are super-excited about Hillsdale College’s free “Constitution 101” course. “Hillsdale’s conservative, so it must be teaching Christian-centered history,” they say. “Hillsdale doesn’t accept grants from the federal government or participate in federal financial-aid or student-loan programs. How principled,” they opine. “Rush Limbaugh …
The North Carolina Coalition of Home Eductors recently shared an article, which at initial glance, seems like positive homeschool news: Homeschool teen makes good … Young woman achieves college dreams without public school … Conformist universities recognize academic prowess of talented homeschooler. But I think there may be more than meets the eye. So, let …
So, we’re all supposed to “love” North Carolina government apparatchiks … er, I mean, public school teachers … who headed to Raleigh last week, demanding more money for an utterly failing institution. Forget the fact that K-12 funding is nearly 40% of the state budget, making it NC taxpayers’ largest expenditure. Let’s not mention that …
Today marks the 155th anniversary of the fateful death of Stonewall Jackson. In honor of this truly remarkable figure, who succumbed to pneumonia on May 10, 1863, I thought I’d share something my 10-year-old son and I recently wrote for our homeschool co-op. This “Faces of History” research paper is part of a curriculum we …
Malcom X wrote that “History is a weapon.” He was right, and no topic encompasses this truth more than the War of Northern Aggression. And the most practical way we rebels can advance in this post-modern war being waged against the South is simply education. Sounds cliche, right? But how can we expect anyone who doesn’t have a clue about our past, its …