Our Philosophy

Parents partially delegate to us the upbringing of their child—an inherently serious, complicated, fragile decision that demands of us that we fully understand their reasons, reasons that have to do with their aspirations for their children, and even their reasons for having children in the first place.

Here, we explore that root question a bit: Why be a parent? Why have a child?

The Enlightenment engendered an unprecedented amount of intellectual, scientific, industrial, political, and social change. After a century, the world was a fundamentally different place in a multitude of aspects.

Education, though? It’s changed, but not that much. In many respects, we’ve regressed in terms of clarity.

“There’s no right answer.”

This is a common refrain in many educational contexts, most commonly in the humanities, such as history and literature, and most commonly during discussions. Ironically, the result of the “no right answer” mantra is actually to destroy motivation.

When children learn column addition and multiplication, they understand why it works, because they understand—because it’s been part of their physical environment and activity since they were 2—what place value is.

Why does any of this matter? It adds up.