What Happens When Teachers Are Replaced by Screens
In Emily Cherkin’s seventh-grade English classroom, the end of class used to bring a rustling of chairs scraping, planners snapping, and a small line forming at her desk. Students gripped their papers, asking why their grades were low and what they could do differently.
Then the line disappeared.
Homework, due dates, and grades - all of it moved online.
Stop Asking Kids “How was school today?”
Maybe it’s time to stop asking kids “How was school today?” — because there are 7 much more powerful questions that flip the script and spark real conversation, not to mention build character in the child.
A Letter to My Students About AI and Homework
In the classical Christian model, we believe education is not simply about completing assignments. It is about forming the student. Homework is not busywork. It is training. It builds attention, endurance, reasoning, and clarity of expression. The struggle to write a paragraph or solve a problem is not a flaw in the system. It is the point.
Education Rooted in Faith and Family
When I finished watching The Mis-Education of America, I did not feel shocked. I felt confirmed. What I saw in the series matched conversations I’m having with both parents and grandparents right now. Parents are concerned.
Grandparents are deeply troubled. Schools today feel radically different from the education they experienced. It feels like something important has been lost.
Why Every Parent and Grandparent Should Watch The Miseducation of America
For many families today, something about education feels unsettled. Parents sense it. Grandparents feel it deeply. School does not look like it once did. The goals feel different. The lessons sound unfamiliar.
Many parents are concerned, but grandparents are often shocked. What they see happening in schools feels nothing like the education they remember. I hear this often from grandparents. They look at what their grandchildren are learning and say, “This is not the school I knew.”