Dr. Jonathan Buttaci on the Art and Act of Knowing—and What That Means for Teaching
How do we know whether we know something? How do we know whether our son or student has apprehended a lesson? Sometimes we hear the liberal...
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Welcome to HeightsCast, the official podcast of The Heights School! Every other week, we feature interviews with teachers and educators here at The Heights School and elsewhere, on the educa...
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Dr. Paul Shrimpton on Newman and his Idea of a School
The most famous work of our newest Doctor of the Church is, of course, The Idea of a University —a collection that explores the essence of a...
Alvaro de Vicente on Boy-Girl Socializing: Fostering Healthy Peer Groups
Statistics show that young people today are spending significantly less time socializing in face-to-face mixed company, across genders, than...
Austin Hatch and Tom Steenson on True Convivium: Friendship with Fellow Teachers
"Friendship is one of the most indispensable requirements of life," says Aristotle in the Nicomachean Ethics . But, adds Alasdair MacInytre,...
Michael Moynihan on Reducing Anxiety through the Meaning of Work
In the charged "Achievement Culture" we live in today, both parent and student anxiety have skyrocketed. There are the usual culprits, from...
Eric Heil on an Introduction to Natural History: Beauty, Science, and Philosophy for Boys
Natural History is a largely outdoor, discovery-based class for our lower school students, where they see the Valley as a textbook and the s...
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...
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...