Leigh A. Bortins

• 3 Principles for Teaching Writing
  As a Christian, writing well is one of my greatest aspirations—it is another way I can reflect our Lord, the Word made Flesh.
  Friday, July 6, 2018
• Remembering the Past: A Classical Approach to History
  The classical model of education relies on the skills of the Trivium—Latin for “three roads:” grammar, dialectic, and rhetoric.
  Friday, April 18, 2014
• Beauty is Truth: Fine Arts at Home
  Until reading Gene Edward Veith’s State of the Arts, I had not considered that art was ordained by God in the Old Testament.
  Wednesday, February 5, 2014
• A New Season: Thoughts on Impending Graduation
  As Christians, we live in constant tension. The Lord commands us to be in the world, but not of the world. One of the ways people have responded to this tension has been to homeschool their...
  Wednesday, January 29, 2014
• Echoing in Celebration: The Studying of Beauty and Harmony in Music
  Classical, Christian educators see the goals of education as a passionate pursuit of truth, goodness, and beauty.
  Friday, December 13, 2013
• Wide-Eyed Wonder
  “We perish from want of wonder, not from want of wonders.”—G. K. Chesterton
  Wednesday, December 4, 2013
• Teaching Math Through Questions and Conversation
  Among students around the world, American high school students have one of the highest measures of self-esteem concerning their math abilities. At the same time, the U.S. is one of the...
  Friday, June 22, 2012