A Knight for Wisdom
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 […]
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America’s Bard
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
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
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
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Teaching Our Students What to Think
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
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Clio in America: Teaching Our History Classically
Clio in America: Teaching American History Classically By Travis Copeland American history, spanning only a few centuries, hardly seems classical. Is there even a way to teach it
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Verses for Christmas
Verses for Christmas By Travis Copeland The holiday season demands something more than prose for its full expression. One noteworthy distinction between poetry and prose, according to poet
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The Great Conversation: Hospitality
The Great Conversation: Hospitality By Travis Copeland As we gather to celebrate Thanksgiving, we enter a tradition far broader and older than any one nation or holiday. Hospitality
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Of Mind and Hearth
Of Mind and Hearth By Travis Copeland As the body needs an earthly home to rest in, the soul needs an intellectual one, and for much the same
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Classical Education Isn’t Smart
Classical Education Isn’t Smart By Travis Copeland As a teacher, my goal is not to graduate smart students. That might be a shocking statement to hear from a
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