Writer

Daniel Foucachon

Essays

23 essays
Daniel FoucachonOld Western Culture Walk-through: How Does the Curriculum Work?Daniel Foucachon talks about how the curriculum works, its components, schedules, and how to apply it to various settings.The Education of the American Founders"Dad had enough gall to be divided into three parts," opens one of America's beloved tales, Cheaper by the Dozen, published in 1948. To the audience of the day, this colorful description…Men, Carry Your FatherAs a boy I lived for a period in Florida, the capital of retirement homes. As a result, for various reasons, we visited a few of these homes. They were nice. Like…Q/A: Old Western Culture Credits without ReadingThere was a question from a parent asked in the comment section of a YouTube video (embedded below) that I think might benefit other families that use Old Western Culture.Why Old Western Culture has no self-graded quizzesSeveral years ago we produced self-grading quizzes for a unit of Old Western Culture as a trial. They worked great, and demonstrated that students were paying attention to the material.Classical EducationWhy Readers, Scientifically, Are The Best People To Fall In Love WithI recently read an article about why readers, scientifically speaking, are the best people to fall in love with. I agree! I married a woman who loves to read, and loves to…Classical EducationIntroducing Kepler EducationDear friends of Roman Roads Press, For the last five years we have offered classes through Roman Roads Classroom, a small online live-class service where we used the flipped-classroom model of lecture…Daniel FoucachonIntroducing Kepler EducationI am very excited to announce the launch of Kepler Education, a new initiative of Roman Roads! Kepler is a consortium of independent teachers unified by a shared vision and innovative online…Difficult Relatives on Thanksgiving“There is something about saying, ‘We always do this,’ which helps keep the years together. Time is such an elusive thing that if we keep on meaning to do something interesting, but…Classical EducationWhat do we mean by “Liberal Arts”?Daniel Foucachon grew up in Lyon, France where his father was an evangelist and church-planter with Mission to the World. He moved to Moscow, Idaho in 2005 to attend New Saint Andrews…Classical EducationCould your child enter Harvard in 1869?Harvard University adopted the following words, based on their mission statement, as part of their "Rules and Precepts" in 1646:C.S. LewisInterview with Andrew Pudewa on Classical EducationDaniel Foucachon interviews Andrew Pudewa from IEW (Institute for Excellence in Writing) at the CiRCE Institute summer conference in 2015 on the subject of Classical Education. Subjects covered: What are some of…