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  • Why Plutarch: Teaching Courage and Hope Through Caesar’s Story
    October 26, 2025

    Why Plutarch: Teaching Courage and Hope Through Caesar’s Story

    Plutarch’s telling of Caesar’s life portrays a man marked by relentless ambition, masterful strategic thinking, and a gratitude-filled disposition toward those that give their lives to him in service, whether in battle or everyday existence. From the start of his life, Caesar “was on the wrong side. Most people in that position would have stayed

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  • What If 100-Year-Old Public Schools Were Better at Preparing Kids for Modern Jobs?
    July 23, 2025

    What If 100-Year-Old Public Schools Were Better at Preparing Kids for Modern Jobs?

    I’m working on something that’s been keeping me up at night.

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  • The 250% ROI Secret: How One 19th-Century Educator’s “Soft Skills” Method Is Outperforming Modern Education in Every Way
    July 14, 2025

    The 250% ROI Secret: How One 19th-Century Educator’s “Soft Skills” Method Is Outperforming Modern Education in Every Way

    Why companies investing in character-based education see returns that dwarf traditional workforce development

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  • Educating for Eternity: Why Charlotte Mason’s Vision Is More Relevant Than Ever
    July 14, 2025

    Educating for Eternity: Why Charlotte Mason’s Vision Is More Relevant Than Ever

    Walk into any classroom today, and you’ll witness the same scene: students frantically memorizing facts for the next test, teachers racing through standardized curricula, and everyone focused on performance metrics rather than actual learning. We’ve turned education into an information delivery system, forgetting that we’re supposed to be forming human beings.

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  • WHITE PAPER: Forming Minds and Souls—A Practical Guide to Charlotte Mason Education
    June 21, 2025

    WHITE PAPER: Forming Minds and Souls—A Practical Guide to Charlotte Mason Education

    Executive Summary Education ought not to be a system for producing test scores. It is the means by which we shape human souls. The educational philosophy of Charlotte Mason brings this vision into view. Mason’s approach seeks not the efficient transmission of data, but the nourishing of whole persons made in the image of God.

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  • Tell me what you read, and I will tell you what you are
    June 21, 2025

    Tell me what you read, and I will tell you what you are

    Some books sit on shelves. Others sit inside us. The ones we return to, dog-eared and underlined, read in quiet moments when the world sleeps, do more than inform. They shape. They till. They prepare the soul for what only eternity can finish. “Tell me what you read and I will tell you what you

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  • The Art of Holy Remembering: Why Ecclesiastes Still Speaks in the Age of Noise
    June 21, 2025

    The Art of Holy Remembering: Why Ecclesiastes Still Speaks in the Age of Noise

    When we readily fill our hearts and minds with constant and never-ending information and mindless distractions, forgetfulness comes easily amidst the torrent of meaningless noise. And when one person stores hundreds of thousands of once precious multimedia memories in their pocket, the false sense of remembrance leaves a void that can only be filled by

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  • What if Your Mind is a Garden, Not a Machine?
    June 21, 2025

    What if Your Mind is a Garden, Not a Machine?

    As spring flowers emerge from the fertile soil and students impatiently await the arrival of summer break, educators are reminded of their students’ ever-present desire to finish school and escape to the freedom of hot summer days. Today, most children wait not for wonder but for dismissal, for the bell, the break, and the finish

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