Dr. Joseph Lanzilotti on Theology and Masculinity: Men's Creation and Calling
Our headmaster often uses this paradigm for the ideal Heights graduate: he's the kind of young man you'd want your daughter to marry. In a r...
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Mark Grannis on Knowing How to Know: Law School and Other Professional Discernments
How many of us wondered at some point in our lives: "Should I go to law school?" It's a common question as one approaches college graduation...
Alvaro de Vicente on Crafting and Sharing a School Vision
This year's Heights Forum Art of Teaching Boys Conference brought together motivated educators from across the country (and beyond) to discu...
Dr. Matthew Mehan on Compiling an American Book of Fables
"Something old, something new, something red white and blue." The American Book of Fables is Dr. Matthew Mehan and artist John Folley's late...
Mark Ryland on Pragmatic Hope: Understanding AI and the New Economy
As a top cybersecurity expert in the commercial sector, Mark Ryland has spent nearly a decade following the development of AI systems—their...
Andrew Cantarutti on The Walled Garden: Critical Considerations for Classroom AI
AI tech has come knocking at the classroom door, and schools across the country are rushing to design their AI policies around information t...
Clare Morell on A Humane Way of Life: The Research Behind Home Tech Decisions
A rapid rollout of integrated AI into technology we use everyday brings with it new considerations for our tech policies at home. At this ye...
Robert Greving on an Apostolate of Courtesy: Social Graces and Civilization
Saving civilization well may begin with eye contact, a tucked shirt, a sincere apology, or a held door. For the dispositions we have toward...
Dr. Matthew Spalding on Teaching the American Founding after 250 Years
How have we allowed such a daring story as the American founding to become so flat? A history lesson so simple, tidy, and inevitable that it...
Colin Gleason on "Tell me the truth!" Leading Boys to Integrity
Why tell the truth when it doesn't always pay? It's important to let boys encounter this question through example, literature, and enough fr...
Dave Maxham on Automaticity: Where 'Rote' Fits into the Liberal Arts
Could creativity and intellectual freedom actually depend on the rote? Following up on his recent article for the Forum, math teacher Dave M...
Andrew Reed on Parenting through the Middle School Doldrums
What do our children need most from us in the unsteady years of middle school? First, says Head of Middle School Andy Reed, they need our av...
Andrew Cantarutti on Classroom Habits of Attention in the Age of AI
Today, we have an increasing store of research to evaluate the claims of educational tech. Where does it assist or upend our goals as a scho...
Tom Steenson on the Teacher's Voice
Volume, pitch, pace, tone, inflection: the human voice is our primary teaching instrument. The spoken word has not just a logos and an ethos...
Alvaro de Vicente on the Role of Parents in the Conspiracy for the Good
When we join a school community, it should be to join forces with teachers, administrators, and other families in the "conspiracy for the go...
Dr. Stephen Smith on Educating Leaders with Thomas More
Does a talented person have a duty to serve others? What do leading citizens really need to live well, freely, impactfully—even greatly? How...
Bill Dardis on Teaching Religion with Multiple Faiths in the Room
"Charity and clarity" are the lodestars when teaching middle school boys with various faith backgrounds—and who are developing faith disposi...
Arthur Brooks on Your Calling and How to Find It
The crisis of meaning among young people gets a lot of press; but a quieter crisis of calling afflicts every generation today. Dr. Arthur Br...
Kevin Twomey on Frantic Families: Three Questions for a More Intentional Life
Kevin Twomey is a husband, father, and a principal consultant at Table Group, founded by Patrick Lencioni, which specializes in helping exec...
Colin Gleason on the Father as Protector
The first images of a "protector" that flash through our minds might be the warrior, the superhero, the movie star physically holding back e...