A glimpse inside Hillsdale College's network of classical schools across the country.
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.
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.
Every teacher across American has students take notes in class. But why? Are notes only useful as a study tool, or are there some other ways that notes are beneficial to students and teachers? Read through this post for Master Teacher Jenny Mulvey's thoughts!
The story of Pollyanna is one that delights my students and helps foster in them a love of literature. However, I find an even greater value in the powerfully formative tool it provides to me for the character development of my students.
Can telling a story about Naughty-or-Nice jellybeans support classroom learning? The relationships fostered between students and teachers by moments like this are invaluable to the education of our students. Read more from Master Teacher Jennifer Mulvey on this topic in this post!
How can teachers make material more tangible for their students to grasp? In this post, Master Teacher Jennifer Mulvey gives insight into how her 4th graders learn the structure of our government as presented in the Constitution.
The schools in the Hillsdale network are, or are growing to be K-12 schools. Why is this structure beneficial to students? Is it just convenient or does this lay the foundation for a greater formative journey for the students? Read Master Teacher Jennifer Mulvey's thoughts on these questions in this post!
How can we make the best visual use of the wall space in our classrooms? Master Teacher Jennifer Mulvey considers the different facets of this question in this post!
A school brings individuals together - parents, teachers, and students. With every passing year, these relationships grow and develop into a robust school community. In this post, Master Teacher Jennifer Mulvey provides some insights on this topic!
How do you know if your students are grasping the concepts and lessons you're trying to teach? Master Teacher Jenny Mulvey shares a few techniques she uses to gauge student understanding.
The Classical Classroom 