by Oliver DeMille “The only expensive books are the ones we don’t read.” A Powerful Story I’m not sure who first said the words in the quote above, but I’ve repeated them for years. Think about it: in your home, you probably have a hidden [...]
by Oliver DeMille Page vs. Chapter “Are you enjoying it?” Emma asked. “Absolutely,” I responded passionately. I put the biography of Winston Churchill on my lap. “This is a really great book.” Then I paused, reconsidered, and said, “Actually, in some ways it’s kind of [...]
by Oliver DeMille First: The Bad News Our children today are growing up in a very different world than we did, and this will have a major impact on their education, careers, and family lives. Just consider a few of the most pressing trends in [...]
by Oliver DeMille To Topic or Not to Topic I was recently talking to a fabulous homeschooling dad, and he said something that rang too true. “We read the scriptures together aloud as a family pretty much every day,” his wife said, “and we discuss [...]
by Oliver DeMille The Problem The report is entitled: “Nurturing Children: Why Early Learning Doesn’t Work.” It was written by Andrea Mrozek of the Institute of Marriage and Family Canada, and I was especially struck by three important ideas: 1) “Probably the greatest myth that [...]
(A Mother Makes All the Difference) by Oliver DeMille Grades or Education? I heard a story recently that really made me think. It was recounted by the mother of a college student who visited home after her first semester and confided in her parents that [...]
by Oliver DeMille "Stop Learning and Pay Attention" I wanted to remember the details of a point I made in a recent discussion from our “Mentoring the Classics” online course, so I went to my files and perused my notes. As I read through the [...]
by Oliver DeMille A Review of Allen Levie’s “The Visual Tradition,” unpublished paper Educational/Political/Social thinker Allen Levie has an interesting and often refreshing way of reframing things. I was recently struck by his description of three types of education: Learning built on the oral tradition [...]
by Oliver DeMille Are you an "Anti-reader"? Are you an "anti-reader"? No matter how much you love to read, or how much you encourage others to read, you just might be. It’s surprising, but there are actually a lot of people who argue against reading—in [...]
by Oliver DeMille Mazes and Levels Most organizations start out with a great mission, then run into challenges and focus on survival, then want to grow and shift their focus to trying to impress the world. Eventually they become a roadblock to the very [...]
