Growing Classically

 Humility matters because it is the critical foundation for love, and love is the most fundamental need for humanity. when we stop loving, our souls start dying. humility is the foundation of love, and that's why we need it most.

In this second episode of the five-part series, Ryan Gilmore and Jonathan Winn explore humility as one of Oak Grove Classical Academy’s four core virtues. They discuss why humility is foundational to ...

Forming Who Students Are Becoming.

Why does virtue matter in education? In the first episode of this five-part series, Ryan Gilmore introduces Oak Grove Classical Academy's four core virtues: humility, diligence, courage, and integrity. This episode explores why education is about more than preparing students for success. It is also about helping form the kind of people they become. Ryan considers the role of parents and educators i...

The completion, test, and confirmation of teaching must be made by reviews.

In the final episode of our Seven Laws of Teaching series, Ryan Gilmore is joined by Oak Grove teacher Michelle Stevens to explore John Milton Gregory’s Law of Review and Application. Together, they discuss why learning is not complete until students actively use, articulate, and revisit what they have been taught. This conversation highlights the pow...

Learners must actively reproduce in their own minds the truth they are acquiring.

In this seventh episode of our Seven Laws of Teaching series, Ryan Gilmore is joined by Logic School Humane Letters Chair Cara Pilgreen to explore John Milton Gregory’s Law of the Learning Process. Together, they examine how true learning moves beyond memorization into understanding, expression, proof, and application, requiring active ownership ...

Excite and direct the self-activities of the learner,  and tell him nothing that he can learn himself

In this sixth episode of our series on John Milton Gregory’s Seven Laws of Teaching, Ryan Gilmore is joined by science department chair Caleb Garrett to explore the Law of the Teaching Process. Together they examine the difference between delivering information and cultivating real thinking, emphasizing that t...

In this fifth episode of our series on John Milton Gregory’s Seven Laws of Teaching, Ryan Gilmore is joined by longtime first grade teacher and lower grammar department chair Don Montgomery to explore the Law of the Lesson. Together they reflect on why effective teaching must begin with what students already know and intentionally guide them toward what they do not yet understand. The conversation highlights the importance of...

The language used in teaching must be common to the teacher and the learner.

In this fourth episode of our series on John Milton Gregory’s Seven Laws of Teaching, Ryan Gilmore is joined by beloved grammar school teacher and department head Brooke Peyton to explore the Law of the Language. Together they reflect on why shared meaning, clear definitions, and patient communication are essential to real learning and true formation....

"The learner must attend with interest to the fact or truth to be learned."

In this third episode of our series on John Milton Gregory’s Seven Laws of Teaching, Ryan Gilmore is joined by experienced grammar school teacher, Kay Nunn, to explore the Law of the Learner. Together they reflect on why attention and interest are essential to real learning and how teachers can spark curiosity rather than demand compliance. Through pra...

"A teacher must be one who knows the lesson or truth to be taught." 

In this episode, Ryan Gilmore is joined by Dr. Nathan Sherman to explore John Milton Gregory’s first law, the Law of the Teacher. Through stories from the classroom and years of teaching experience, they reflect on why true teaching is about formation, not just information transfer, and why preparation, humility, and curiosity matter deeply. The conversa...

In this opening episode of our eight-part series, we introduce John Milton Gregory and his Seven Laws of Teaching and explore why they continue to matter for Christian classical educators. Gregory reminds us that teaching works best when it aligns with the way students actually learn rather than personal preference, and that this kind of teaching leads to deep and lasting formation. We also consider why his framework fits naturally...

“Tell me what you eat, and I will tell you what you are.” - Credited to Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin

Christian/Parenting:

• The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt
• The Age of Opportunity: A Biblical Guide to Parenting Teens by Paul David Tripp
• George Muller: Man of Faith and Miracles by Basil Miller

Classical Education: 

• The Core: Teaching Your Child the Foundations of Classical Education by Leigh A Bortins
• T...

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