As I spent this past summer with many other educators and school heads from all around the country, I was exposed again to many new educational philosophies, programs, ideas, and curricula. There is definitely an ongoing determination to bring "revolutionary new ideas" to bear on schools and the minds of children. Much of it is ideologically driven, but also financially and politically driven as well. To be frank, there are many varied educational pundits making stuff up in the name of new ideas. Few of these pundits or their programs depend on real research, and even fewer look back to the wisdom of ages.
At Trinity, we want to be continually listening, learning, and improving our craft in education, so we will assess each new trend in education. But, we are highly suspect of the ones that claim some new revolutionary idea but lack a solid foundation or real research. We avoid those ideas that are untested, educational movements that are fraught with politics and agenda, and those pundits who, not without some hubris, express their disdain for anything old.
Trinity is part of almost 300 classical Christian schools nationwide, which constitute a movement in education reformation. Not a revolution, but a restoration of the wisdom of old, an educational system that has persevered through the scrutiny of history and proven its great value. Therefore, we hope that our students would have the heart to sit “in the causeways and at the crossroads, pleading for the good, ancient paths and that they would walk therein and have rest for their souls” (Jer. 6:16).
In Christ,
Stephen Sprague
Headmaster