Category: HeightsCast

Former faculty Dr. Matthew Mehan’s newest family book offers an education in civics, geography, history, and love of country, presented for the A250 year.

As a top cybersecurity expert, Mark Ryland shares how AI really operates and what kind of impact it may have on the job economy our children inherit.

AI tech has come knocking at the classroom door. How do we best educate citizens—rather than simply users?

Increasingly, the vision we as parents have for our children is in direct competition with the vision big tech has for them.

Saving civilization well may begin with eye contact, a tucked shirt, a sincere apology, or a held door.

How have we allowed such a daring story as the American founding to become a history lesson so simple, tidy, and inevitable that it can be covered in one day’s class? Dr. Spalding invites educators (and everyday citizens) to understand our nation’s founding as so much more than just “an Enlightenment experiment.”

Why tell the truth when it doesn’t always pay? It’s important to let a boy encounter this question through example, literature, and enough freedom to wrestle with his own conscience.

Dave Maxham explains why fundamentals and drills may be integral to creativity—not hindrances.

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 availability.

Today, we have an increasing store of research to evaluate the claims of AI and educational tech. Can it be used constructively?