Eastwood Christian School

1. God as the final authority

2. Biblical worldview

3. Original documents emphasis

4. Education for formation

5. Critical thinking—"Why?"
Pursuing the true, good, and beautiful
Trivium—grammar, logic and rhetoric

6. Integrated interdisciplinary learning
Appreciation for Western Civilization
Latin taught as a core requirement
Humanities and Fine Arts emphasis

7. Learning how to learn
Mastery as working to one's potential
Lifelong learning as the ultimate goal

8. Ultimate truth taught as objective, knowable and absolute

9. Becoming like Jesus to serve others and His Kingdom

10. Parents as primary educators

American School System

1. Self as the final authority

2. Naturalistic worldview

3. Textbook emphasis

4. Education for information

5. Correct procedures—"How?"
Pursuing facts without a framework
Pragmatism—what works

6. Fragmented and disjointed learning
Critique of Western Civilization
Latin as an elective
Techno-rational emphasis

7. Learning how to pass tests
Mastery as measured by grades Graduation as the ultimate goal

8. Ultimate truth taught as subjective, unknowable, and relative

9. Self-actualization to achieve personal peace and affluence

10. Government as the primary educator