Thoreau: Defiance, Loneliness, and Beauty
Thoreau: Defiance, Loneliness, and Beauty By Travis Copeland Few authors are less timely than Thoreau, and it is in this that he is most edifying to us. Henry …
Thoreau: Defiance, Loneliness, and Beauty By Travis Copeland Few authors are less timely than Thoreau, and it is in this that he is most edifying to us. Henry …
Spending Time With Auden By Travis Copeland The progress of the year can seem gloomy, especially in winter, but this gives us a unique opportunity to “redeem the …
Magna Carta: The Law Is King By Travis Copeland The supremacy of law over arbitrary government is not guaranteed by civilization, but cost immense effort to obtain. The …
Grades, And How to Stop Them By Travis Copeland Fixating on academic standards can reduce our effectiveness as educators. Here are two ways to keep that out of …
St. Bede: In the Year of Our Lord By Travis Copeland The so-called Dark Ages had their share of luminaries—not least among them a religious brother from the …
A Knight for Wisdom By Travis Copeland Few of us think of monarchs from the “Dark Ages” as models of learning and wisdom, but we should take another …
America’s BardThe Writings of Walt Whitman By Travis Copeland No poet incarnates the American spirit more completely than Whitman. Walt Whitman was the people’s poet of the nineteenth …
Mind Your Metaphors Three Ways to Reimagine the Classroom By Travis Copeland Conceptualizing teaching in fresh ways can help us become better teachers. In the New Testament, St. …
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American Acropolis The Legacy of U.S. Education By Travis Copeland The erosion of classical education in the United States needs to be a national concern. The American Presidency …
Teaching Our Students What to Think By Travis Copeland Even if it is possible, do we want our curricula to be value-neutral? As a teacher who has spent …