“I learn best when I have lots of pictures,” someone might say. “I need to read the directions first; I’m hopeless with watching videos,” another person might say. Ask three … Read More
Experiencing a second language no longer requires a costly plane ride. Our world has become increasingly connected, with cultures and languages deemed world now within earshot and at our fingertips. … Read More
Finally, after ten years, ten months, and twenty-seven days, my worst fears were realized. After all of the inference-making exercises, cause-and-effect lessons, character-motivation talks, and vocally-performative bedtime stories, it had … Read More
To say COVID-19 disrupted everyone’s schedules would be a laughable understatement. Between canceled extracurricular activities, foundational changes in home life, and the simple inability to socialize, our students’ lives look … Read More
In this post we are featuring an essay written for Rhetoric Writing III by Emily R. Her instructor, Jeff Jones, comments, In her insightful essay, Emily confronts some of the … Read More
L.P. Hartley famously wrote, “The past is a world country: they do things differently there.” As we explore the past in our WTMA U.S. History classes, we may be on … Read More
We sometimes have parents ask us, “How do I get my kid to read more?” One way is to have your students read with others — with parents, siblings, or … Read More
While we didn’t plan to have a pandemic rule over the final quarter of the school year, it is what we are dealing with, and we think our instructors and … Read More
Julia Collier here, Dean at the Well-Trained Mind Academy. When I was a college writing professor (before my time at WTMA), I graded the Advanced Placement English Literature Exam. Here … Read More
Hi! I’m Dr. Anna Eaton, and I’m a science instructor at the Well-Trained Mind Academy. When people think about their high school chemistry course, many remember a subject that was … Read More