New Research on Classroom Tech
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New Covenant administrative staff continuously reviews the place of technology in our pedagogy and curriculum. In recent years we have surveyed our graduates in college who have given very specific […]
Three Great Untruths, pt 3
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We sometimes teach our children things we don’t intend. These are “untruths” that can hamper effective parenting and classroom instruction. The third untruth is that the world is structured as […]
Three Great Untruths, pt 2
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We often teach our children things that we don’t intend. In the previous article in this series, we examined the first “Untruth” we unconsciously teach -that children are fragile. We […]
Three Great Untruths, Part 1
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We sometimes teach our children things that we don’t intend. When I was a child we went to the beach often because Daytona was only about an hour away. My […]
2019 Convocation Address: Three Great Untruths
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There are three great untruths we should avoid teaching our children. Listen here:
It Ain’t Funny
It Ain’t Funny Rereading Reinhold Niebuhr’s essay Humor and Faith reminds me that humor is the exclusive domain of human beings. While my dog demonstrates noticeable “joy” when I take […]
Growing Up, Growing Old, and Good-bye’s
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Growing Up, Growing Old, and Good-bye’s You likely do not know the work of Julia Kasdorf. I didn’t either until recently. She’s a published poet, though I think not particularly […]
New Covenant and the National Reading Crisis
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I consistently tell prospective parents that there are a hundred ways to teach students how to read. There are also some ways not to teach them. Reading is not a […]
Thinking About Critical Thinking
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During a recent professional development day, the faculty hosted Dan Willingham, Phd, a leading cognitive psychologist from the University of Virginia. Dr. Willingham’s work with the faculty was extensive, and we […]
Why Study Dead Languages
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Because of our own language’s profound debt to the Latin, the young student of Latin can begin to “translate” English, often without the need of a dictionary. A working knowledge […]