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NEW RESEARCH on “THE SCHOOL EFFECT” Gratefulness, Confidence, Faith, and Friends P THE CLASSICAL VOLUME 6, NUMBER 2 | SPECIAL ISSUE BRINGING LIFE TO THE CLASSROOM TM $2.95 GOOD SOIL p. 4 NEW RESEARCH ON “THE SCHOOL EFFECT” Gratefulness, Confidence, Faith, and Friends p. 6 Church Attendance, Bible Reading, Divorce Rates p. 10, 12 Conservative, Independent, and Influential p. 17, 22, 26 College Success p. 18 ClassicalDifference.com Church Attendance, Bible Reading, Divorce Rates ����8, 12 Gratefulness, Confidence, Faith, and Friends ...................14 Conservative, Influential, and Independent ......................................................... 17, 22, 26 College Success ..................................................................18 COVER: Paideia Academy, Knoxville, TN ON THE COVER: Gratefulness, Confidence, Faith, and Friends .........................6 Church Attendance, Bible Reading, Divorce Rates ..... 10, 12 ClassicalDifference.com Conservative, Independent, and Influential ........... 17, 22, 26 College Success ......................................................................... 18 CONNECT WITH US INSIDE: Welcome ........................................................................................4 The Differences Add Up .............................................................8 What Is the Fair Market Value of Classical Christian Education? ..............................................9 Facebook.com/TheClassicalDifference Preparation + Calling = Mission ............................................. 14 Twitter.com/ClassicalChrist Climbing Hills to Tackle Mountains ....................................... 20 ClassicalDifference.com/blog Instagram.com/ClassicalDifference The Makings of Fortitude ........................................................ 24 Reclaiming the Media for Christ ............................................. 28 NOTES: ClassicalDifference.com/notes Join the Back Room .................................................................. 30 PHOTOS: ClassicalDifference.com/photos Life Outcomes ........................................................................... 31 SUBMISSIONS: ClassicalDifference.com/submissions All citations: ClassicalDifference.com THE CLASSICAL DIFFERENCE: VOL. 6, NO. 2, SPECIAL ISSUE EDITOR IN CHIEF: David Goodwin MANAGING EDITOR: Stormy Goodwin ASSISTANT EDITOR: Jennifer Winters DESIGN: Hannah Grieser CIRCULATION: Allegra Gollehon CONTRIBUTORS: Nicole Ault, Ty Fischer, Will Frazier, Lisa Knodel, Chris Potts, Caleb Yarbrough COPY EDITORS: Deb Blakey, Allegra Gollehon INFORMATION: The Classical Difference is a publication of the Association of Classical and Christian Schools (ACCS). Views expressed in The Classical Difference do not necessarily represent the views of the association or our members. Our goal is to inform and expand the community of supporters of classical Christian education. The Classical Difference is published four times a year and is mailed, at the request of member schools, to parents who have enrolled in ACCS member schools. If you do not wish to receive this publication, please contact our offices at the email address below. If you wish this publication to be mailed to a friend or relative, please contact us. Gift subscriptions are available. Find a school ADVERTISING: [email protected]. SUBMISSIONS: The Classical Difference welcomes your submissions. If you have a quote, story, article, photo, letter or other submission, visit www.ClassicalDifference.com/submissions. Submissions may near you! or may not be published or compensated. Compensation is dependent upon length and placement. CONTACT: [email protected]. COPY RIGHT: ©2020 by the Association of Classical and Christian Schools (ACCS). All rights re­ VISIT THE ACCS served. A publication of the ACCS. WEBSITE: www.ClassicalDifference.com SCHOOL FINDER: ADVISORY PANEL: LESLIE COLLINS: Covenant Academy, Cypress, TX SONMIN CRANE: Rockbridge Academy, Millersville, MD LISA KNODEL: Mars Hill Academy, Mason, OH CLASSICALCHRISTIAN.ORG KAREN MOORE: Grace Academy of Georgetown, Georgetown, TX JULIE NAGEM: Westminster Academy, Memphis, TN /FIND-A-SCHOOL MICHELE VERNON: The Ambrose School, Meridian, ID 2 The Classical Difference IN THIS ISSUE LIFE OUTLOOK, p.6 CULTURAL INFLUENCE, p.26 WILL FRAZIER Westminster Academy NICOLE AULT Memphis, TN, p.9 Rockbridge Academy Crownsville, MD, p.28 CATHERINE ROGERS Summit Christian Academy Newport News, VA, p.29 THE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL LIFE, p.10 EFFECT HOW DIFFERENT SCHOOL TYPES INFLUENCE WHO YOU BECOME INDEPENDENT THINKERS, p.22 CHRISTIAN COMMITMENT, GRACIE HUMPHREY p.12 Trinitas Christian School Pensacola, FL, p.24 ALEX DWYER Rockbridge Academy Crownsville, MD, p.14 COLLEGE TRADITIONAL & CAREER, p.18 & , ANDREW BRINKERHOFF CONSERVATIVE p.17 Mars Hill Academy Mason, OH, p.20 28+20+23+48+52+60Vol. 6, No. 2 | Special Issue 2020 3 ■ WELCOME TO THE CLASSICAL DIFFERENCE Naperville Christian Academy, Naperville, IL Academy, Christian Naperville Dame on behalf of Cardus, a founda­ tion that tracks the outcome of five school segments of alumni, aged 23 to 44. They had fielded this study twice before, and were in the midst of their third survey. We looked at the 85 or so pages of questions asked by Notre Dame. They asked about beliefs and attitudes, priorities, and practices on a wide array of topics. So many, in fact, that we had to group them. As we saw the data unfold, seven groupings emerged: Academic Prepa­ ration, Outlook on Life, Christian Commitment, Christian Life, Conser­ vative and Traditional, Independent Thought, and Influence. We contacted the researcher at the University of Notre Dame Sociology Department and asked if he would conduct the same survey, but using ACCS alumni as a proxy for classical Christian education. He said A Project … he could, but that to get a valid sample, he would need around 3000 names. The University of Notre Dame When we got him just over 2500 ran­ dom alumni names he started to work. and the ACCS team up. t its heart, CCE is radically dif­ Aferent because it is based on one “We have research on high SAT scores at ACCS, but a foundational truth: everything in our world can only be rightly understood donor asked about how our students turn out spiritually. in light of Jesus Christ and His King­ dom. This claim changes the com­ Or in life. I told him we’ve seen strong Christian world­ plexion of education, and that yields different results. For example, ACCS views, better thinkers, and better spiritual outcomes from schools divide less by “subject” and more by seven arts: Grammar, Logic, our grads. Do we have research to prove that?” Rhetoric, Arithmetic, Geometry, As­ tronomy (physics), and Music. These Several years ago, Howe Whitman Over the years, I’ve hesitated to do are practiced in three realms of phi­ of The Wilberforce School in Prince­ this type of study. A form of education losophy: the moral, the natural, and ton, New Jersey, called me with this that has been tested for centuries has the logical arenas of knowledge. Our question. With that, Howe and I set history as its measure. But there is an­ methods are unique: Socratic discus­ out to find the best measure of life out­ other question: Are we doing classical sion, discourse, memory recitation, comes we could. We looked at a num­ Christian education (CCE) effectively wonder, practice, habit, imitation, and ber of studies, including one done by today? The restoration is just three discipleship. Our content is equally the University of Virginia’s “Institute decades old, and we’re still learning. unique—it descends from the great­ for Advanced Studies in Culture,” and Maybe it would be helpful to see just est minds in history and is integrated at another study done by Christian how effective the attempt to restore across subjects. And, the Bible is at the Smith in his National Study of Youth classical Christian education has been. center of the core. If you tell this story and Religion. None of these had the Our search led to an expansive to just about any conventional school breadth or depth we wanted to see. study done by the University of Notre leader in the country, he or she will 4 The Classical Difference WELCOME TO THE CLASSICAL DIFFERENCE ■ School Segments at a Glance SCHOOL TYPE ABOUT TOTAL STUDENTS • About 90% of all students in America are educated in public schools, PUBLIC SCHOOL 47 million with about 15% of those in charter schools. PRIVATE NON-RELIGIOUS • Private, non-religious account for about 25% of private school students. (PREPARATORY) • Average tuition in 2009 was $21,910 annually. • About 41% of private school students graduate from Catholic schools. CATHOLIC 5.5 million • Average tuition was $7,020 annually. PROTESTANT CHRISTIAN • About 24% of private school students graduate from these schools. (EVANGELICAL) • Average tuition is estimated at $8,850. RELIGIOUS HOMESCHOOL • About 23% of all non-public schooled children are homeschooled. 1.7 million • 1% of private school students attend ACCS schools. Inc. in private ACCS SCHOOLS • Annual tuition averages about $7,900 annually. For more detailed information, visitClassicalDifference.com/good-soil . likely look at you like you are an alien. It should come as no surprise that ACCS schools should produce radically dif­ First, how many people were sur­ fielded twice before. We contracted ferent results. But what kind of results? veyed? Was it a valid sample? In all, with Notre Dame to sample our alum­ In the winter of 2019, the results of 1800 people completed the survey, 300 ni. We contributed little to the process, our study arrived, by happenstance,
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