May 22, 2023 | Academics & Instruction
At the recent Town Hall meeting, I called myself out and determined not to get sidetracked with conversation about Artificial Intelligence (AI). The time has come, however, to discuss the structural changes to the Secondary School, and it would be foolish to do that...
May 9, 2023 | Academics & Instruction
Dear Parents, We introduced a lot of material at last week’s Town Hall. There are a number of exciting changes occurring in both the Primary and Secondary schools. This week we wanted to communicate a little bit more about optimization, especially in the Primary...
Sep 27, 2022 | Academics & Instruction
We have been considering many of the events that led to where we find ourselves today. In order to best evaluate any course of study, however, it seems wise to make explicit something of the implicit understanding that everyone shares about our common humanity. The...
Aug 30, 2022 | Academics & Instruction
Training in reason requires certain things to be accepted axiomatically – to be easily perceived or self-evident. People discovering that others don’t share these presuppositions is often a source of frustration, especially when the definition relates to that which is...
Aug 23, 2022 | Academics & Instruction
During a critical period from the late 1970’s and into the mid 2000’s, much of K-12 education referenced the university system. College preparatory education became the standard by which to evaluate the success of schooling. As the push towards college became nearly...