From Classical Education to STEM to Helicopters
by Jay Lamagna (class of 2012) Jay Lamagna graduated from New Covenant in 2012 after thirteen years of enrollment. He attended Virginia Military Institute where he double-majored in Electrical Engineering […]
Rethinking Technology in the Classroom: The Evidence Doesn’t Support It
I have long believed that the uncritical adoption of technology in the classroom for its own sake was a bad idea. My hunches on the matter are counter intuitive, […]
Cultivating Sensibilities: Resisting Consumerism in Children
by Jeremiah Forshey Jeremiah Forshey is a faculty member in the School of Rhetoric where he teaches literature and senior thesis. When my youngest son James was three, he played […]
Glad You Asked: What is the Purpose of the History Timeline?
At a recent LiveLink program I was asked, “What is the Purpose of the History Timeline? It’s endearing and amazing to see 5 year olds reciting the Timeline, but the […]
Cultivating Sensibilities: Reverence, Respect and Courtesy
“Show me what reverence looks like.” Lately I’ve been saying this at the beginning of each of my middle school chapels. The children aren’t being bad; they’re coming from gym, lunch or some other […]
Glad you Asked: What are the Advantages of a classical, Christian Education?
At a recent LiveLink program I was asked, “How would you summarize the advantages of classical education compared to modern education models?” Glad you asked. First, we should make sure we […]
Education and Technology
In the fall, 2015, I submitted a master’s thesis to Hollins University entitled Education in Context of Student-Accessed, Digital and Applied Technology. I have since created a seminar based on this […]
Baumol’s Cost Disease: Why Tuition Increases the Way It Does
I experience much discomfort at the oft-heard contention—by no means a new one—that tuition increases faster than inflation and faster than the growth of family incomes. A common conclusion from […]
Personal Responsibility
This sign is pretty funny. It made the rounds on FaceBook, and while I probably wouldn’t post it at New Covenant, I sympathize with its message. First, let’s admit it: […]
Privilege and Protection: Monitoring Your Child’s Phone
It’s become increasingly common for parents of students as young as fourth and fifth grades to provide phones for their children. While I have opinions about this matter for my […]
