The Common Good

The first step towards making room to pay for Christian school is understanding your spending habits, says financial coach Tina Antrim. Her experience indicates most families have a lot more money than they think they do, but just haven't learned strategies for being intentional about saving and spending. That limits their ability to prioritize what truly matters to them, and can lead to deep shame and marital conflict. In this episode, the ladies talk about how families can get their feet under themselves financially, common barriers to doing so, and Redeemer Classical's goal of helping families become empowered to provide a beautiful Christian education to their precious children. Visit Redeemer's website for details about how Tina can help your family afford tuition and apply for financial aid.

On this episode, Nathaniel critiques the concept of Schole, or "restful learning," and the idea that teachers should avoid conflict or things children don't think they're interested in. He says there's some merit to the idea but that it can be taken too far in a Romantic and Postmodern direction to actually undermine children's ability to wonder at God's world.

On this episode Joy gives an overview of a mother culture retreat she hosted locally in conjunction with the Schole Sisters. She and Nathaniel talk about what Schole means and its application to adult learning.

On this podcast Joy and Nathaniel pull out their biggest critique of Dr. E.D. Hirsch's rationale for giving all children a core curriculum. It's that he aims too low: at merely making kids competent enough to hold down a job and vote. Of course Americans need those things, but children deserve much more. Listen to find out what, and why.

In the next several episodes we're discussing Dr. E.D. Hirsch's bestselling book "Cultural Literacy" and its sequel, "The Schools We Need and Why We Don't Have Them. In this episode we introduce Hirsch and his major ideas and discuss why they've only grown in importance since they exploded on the national scene.

Joy Pullmann discusses buzz that Hoosier lawmakers might cut a program that helps families save up to $1,000 per year for K-12 and college tuition. Hit this link to find your in-state lawmakers to tell them to expand, not reduce, school choice: https://iga.in.gov/legislative/find-legislators/.