Pursuing a vision of assessment that harmonizes ancient wisdom and modern insights to cultivate in our students the wisdom of the well-examined life.


I’m late to the game with the new home of blogs: Substack. I will be moving my writing efforts there. However, I will continue to update this blog with new posts. Authority is not a very popular idea in our day and age. However, there is freedom in the right response to authority: the virtue…

Lenten Reflection I presented way back in 2018. Presented at John Paul the Great Academy Mt 4: 1-11 Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the desert to be tempted by the devil. He fasted for forty days and forty nights, and afterwards he was hungry. The tempter approached and said to him, “If…

Class Catechisms are awesome, and you should consider using them as part of your class this school year. Here’s why: Class Catechisms are an effective way to evoke the kind of memory that cultivates wisdom and virtue. Class Catechisms are an effective way to guide the heads and hearts of our students for the sake…