A glimpse inside Hillsdale College's network of classical schools across the country.
When students are struggling with creativity and inspiration, we can look to examples in music history where masters struggled with inspiration too. Master Teacher John Punt explains this through the story of Brahms’ Symphony No. 1.
Read this post for insight into how to best utilize maps in your classroom! Master Teacher Jennifer Mulvey explains how she has made greater use of the maps above her chalkboard and highlights the positive instructional benefits of using them.
In this post, Master Teacher Abigail Teska explores a fun anecdote from class illustrating a narrative, memory exercise that can be utilized to help students look closely, think critically, and make predictions. In the sequel to this blog, Miss Teska will explain some practical advice and steps for how to employ narrative exercises in your classroom.
Using a recent juxtaposition from a visiting theatre group and Treasure Valley Classical Academy's own performance of Twelfth Night, Master Teacher Emily Williams shows how we are helping our students see through modernity to recognize the good, the true, and the beautiful.
In this blog, Master Teacher, Miss Teska, shares why reflection is the key to clearing a path forward for students, particularly at the end of the school year. This blog highlights a story of Michelangelo’s slave sculptures as well as a moving artist statement from a seventh grade student.
There is a necessary growing process of learning about classical music to appreciating and maybe even loving it. In this post, Master Teacher Mr. Punt explores this journey in more depth.
Golden View Classical Academy, the school where Master Teacher Jennifer Mulvey teaches, has created a House System where teams of students participate in competitions to try to win the coveted House Cup. While these events bring great joy to the students, she identifies the formative work underlying the House System.
In this article, Mr. Battaglia emphasizes the importance of retrieval practice to a student's learning by sharing his favorite retrieval technique, narration.
The power of good literature is not to be understated. Master Teacher Lyna Heaton shares one of her favorite memories in her teaching career, recounting the time that Pinocchio had a real and lasting impact on one of her students!
Ian Nugent explores how to discipline students with dispassion and love while holding the line on school culture and expectations. He shares examples from his own career which he learned from, acknowledges the tendencies of students and teachers to respond emotionally, and explains how the rules and policies of a school serve as an intermediary between students and teachers.
The Classical Classroom 