What do an air hammer, a student, and the Greek philosopher Plato have in common? They are all part of an education that, as Plato puts it, teaches “children to desire the right things.” At Harmel Academy of the Trades, on the picturesque campus of Kuyper College in Grand Rapids, Michigan, the all-male student body…
One-of-a-Kind Mechanical Trade School Helps Students Grow Through Faith and Humanities
Trade School or College? The Many Benefits of Encouraging Children to Choose Their Own Educational Path
It was the third day of kindergarten. My son jumped into the car and announced, “I’m not going to school anymore. I’m going to be a truck driver!” I looked at my wife and then my son and simply said, “You’ve got a long way to go until you can do that; I think we…
Mike Rowe Scholarship Highlights the Lost Virtues of Hard Work and Sweat
Commentary LUSBY, Maryland—Tracy Wilson is sitting in the cutest little ranch house in this Calvert County town. It is her dream house—literally her dream house, she explains, as she has had the image of this very home in her mind, down to the color scheme of the exterior. It is 4 in the afternoon, and…
Why Your Son Should Reconsider College
A young friend of mine is in his last year of high school and asking the age-old “what do I do with my life” question. Most average high school seniors would be settling on their final liberal arts college choice right now—more concerned about the climbing wall in the student center and the cafeteria entrees…
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