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Counsels of the Wise, Part 9: The Limits and Transcendence of Prudence
We have come full circle in this series on Aristotle’s intellectual virtue of prudence or practical wisdom. Prudence is one of those forgotten gems of the classical educational…
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How to Teach Grit and the Growth Mindset
Over the years we have written about grit and growth mindset here at Educational Renaissance. These are important areas of recent research that align well with the aims…
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Preserving the Inheritance: Christian Education in the Post-Christian West
In The Air We Breathe (The Good Book Company, 2022), author Glen Scrivener explains how western society came to believe in the core values we now take for…
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Goal Setting and Habits: Starting the New Year SMARTer
It is the start of 2024 and I return once more to the topic of habits. (And now at the start of 2026, these concepts remain as relevant…
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New Year’s Resolutions, Goal Setting and Education
The idea of New Year’s resolutions elicits strong reactions from some people. “If you want to change, why wait until the New Year to start?” the cynical say.…
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The Goal of School Education
What is the goal of school education? This is a foundational question that demands an answer. Organizations are complex entities with moving and disparate parts. Schools are no…
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