
GCA Hits Platinum
Long Island reaffirmed its stellar academic reputation as 17 local high schools achieved the prestigious Platinum level on the College Board’s AP School Honor Roll. The recognition, based on student performance during the 2023-24 school year, highlights schools that have...
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What is a Liberal Arts Education?
"Then let us not leave the meaning of education ambiguous or ill-defined. At present, when we speak in terms of praise or blame about the bringing-up of each person, we call one man educated and another uneducated, although the uneducated...
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The Exponential Growth of Classical Christian Education
On a Monday morning 17 years ago, Russ Gregg quit his job because of a sermon he’d heard the day before about “venturing something for God that’s a little bit crazy.” So he left his position as development director for...
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Classical Education: An Attractive School Choice for Parents
Parents looking for an alternative to traditional public schools have an option that fell out of fashion in this country a long time ago. This option—called “classical education”—differs profoundly from the instruction offered by modern district public schools. It is...
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When parents ask you why Latin…
An Apology for Latin and Math Many who are attracted to the idea of a classical education don’t know exactly why, nor do they understand the necessity for Latin, or at least so much of it. A little bit of...
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How Smartphones Hijack Our Minds
Research suggests that as the brain grows dependent on phone technology, the intellect weakens By Nicholas Carr Oct. 6, 2017 12:36 p.m. ET So, you bought that new iPhone. If you are like the typical owner, you’ll be pulling your...
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Of What Value Is a Dead Language?
The prestige of studying classical languages like Latin and Greek is greatly eroded today. This is no mystery; but how did we get to this point? Linguist Nicholas Ostler, in his book Ad Infinitum: A Biography of Latin, chronicles how...
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10 DIFFERENCES BETWEEN “CLASSICAL CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS” and “CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS”
WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE between your school and the Christian school down the street? Classical Christian education (CCE) follows the classical model—the one used exclusively for more than 1000 years in the West prior to the progressive model’s appearance in the...
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