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Week of September 2
This Week in Fifth Grade The Art of Numbers: Place Value Roman Numerals Comparing and Ordering Numbers The Art of Words: Bible- Memory Verse- Hebrews 11: 1, 16 (Students will recite by September 13 and may say anytime before then (We will be discussing Gideon,...
Virtue as the Purpose of Education
By CRAIG HEFNER, PH.D. What is the purpose of education? Every educational system and every school has an implicit answer to this question, whether it’s consciously stated or not. Some have proposed that education is solely for the acquisition of...
Adventure Awaits: Those Who Seek Will Find
It was a rainy Tuesday morning, humid and hurried, as bright-eyed students hustled toward the school entrance, their excited steps marked by splashes of puddles on pavement. Dressed for adventure, their leather boots laced and their wide-brimmed hats secured, they...
A Case for Narrative Grading: Assessing Students Classically
By Craig Hefner, Ph.D. | Head of School The ways in which a student is assessed uncovers a whole set of assumptions regarding the role of education and the subsequent ideal of the purpose of a teacher. When we peel back the standards of modern assessment, examining...
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