Common Sense Classical 2/1/22 Common Sense Classical 2/1/22

Preparing For Classical School

“What can we do in the meantime?” This is a fair and important question to ask; families who have really seen something in classical education know that it offers things that they want in their children’s lives right now. They know that classical education deliberately challenges students, so they want to get their children prepared for success.

Common Sense Classical 4/19/21 Common Sense Classical 4/19/21

Habits for Student Writers: Writing as Sport

I grant that the comparison is strange (even to the point of being funny), but, for me, it has often made the difference between writing well and failing to write altogether.

Common Sense Classical 3/29/21 Common Sense Classical 3/29/21

Habits for Student Writers: How to Write Sustainably

Does your student hate to write? Does she fear it? Does she put it off until disaster impends and then sprint miserably through it?

Common Sense Classical 3/15/21 Common Sense Classical 3/15/21

Habits for Student Writers: Where and When to Write

Writing essays causes students a great deal of stress. And the work is scarcely easier for parents, who often feel their children’s worries even more than the children do themselves.