ARTICLES & RESEARCH PAPERS
Faculty Formation and The Myth of the Finished Teacher
There is a common misconception that many school leaders, whether they examine it or not, accept a teacher's teaching ability in the first weeks of a new school year. It is rarely stated plainly, because stated plainly it sounds foolish. The misconception holds that a...
Prioritize Leaders – A Vision Worth the Wait
In winter 2022, the board of Veritas Classical Academy in Eau Claire, Wisconsin faced a difficult decision. Years earlier, one board member had been introduced to the concept of classical education by his daughter, who had begun teaching at a classical school in...
An Interview with Divine Mercy: The Benefit of Market Analysis for Small Schools
The Schooling America podcast covers issues and ideas relevant to leaders in American education. We bring in the brightest minds in administration, philosophy, culture, and beyond to reflect on topics that directly impact schools, organizations, and the children and...
Market & Competitive Analysis: Just Because You Build It Doesn’t Mean They Will Come.
The K-12 education landscape has changed dramatically over the past four years. According to the latest survey from National School Choice Week, 72% of US parents considered new schools for their children in 2023, compared to 52% in 2022. As demand for school choice...
Market Analysis of U.S. Classical Education in Grades PK-12
Download the Market Analysis. In March 2023, Kevin Mahnken published a piece in The 74 entitled, “Amid the Pandemic, a Classical Education Boom: What if the Next Big School Trend Is 2,500 Years Old” (source)? This article is one in a spate of coverage dating back at...
K12 Enrollment Decline & Growth
K-12 enrollment trends: Why are public schools losing students, and which states are seeing enrollment growth? Public-school enrollment in the United States has been on a downward trend for several years, a decline expected to continue. The National Center for...
Charting the Classical Education Course
Dysfunctional schools reduce their academic model to a “choice of curriculum,” its only result the efficient delivery of literacy skills and raw information. Thriving schools are different. Thriving schools view their model as nothing less than the animating force...
Classical Education Needs Operational Discipline
Classical schools enjoy, at this moment, a greater ascendancy than ever in our nation’s history. Their particular strengths have made this so: chief among these is the commitment to infusing the transcendentals of Truth, Goodness, and Beauty into every aspect of...
Market Snapshot – Charter School Networks Summer 2023
From 2000 to 2020, the charter school movement boomed. In 20 years, the number of charter schools multiplied from 1,989 to 7,821 (NAPCS). During that same period, enrollment leaped from 448,362 to 3,695,769 students. What accounts for the 293% increase in new charter...
Supporting the Noblest Profession: Top 5 Concerns a Teacher has Going into the Classroom
Collectively, Arcadia’s team has spent well over 50 years teaching, operating, leading, and governing K-12 schools across at least 6 states and a dozen cities. At the start of each year, we find that novice and returning classroom teachers frequently express the same...