Over the past month or so, there have been quite a few articles relating to Latin, Latin teaching, and the like. Many of the following made the rounds of various lists, but just in case you missed them:

Mary Beard wasn’t enamoured of the new ‘Grace before meals’ written by some Cambridge students:

• Does college need a new grace? (Times)

… and it became a full-blown news item:

• Grace ‘too religious’ say Cambridge University students (Times)

Christopher Francese was advocating doing away with Latin on college/university diplomas:

• A Degree in English (NY Times)

Jane Miriam Epperson Brinley wrote a very interesting OpEd piece for the Washington Post on the discontinuation of the AP literature exam:

• Et Tu, College Board?

Latin is on the rise in state schools in the UK, and now there are teacher shortages etc.:

• Latin rides again as schools turn back to classics (Guardian)

… but some folks still don’t get it:

• Avoiding the arrows of sailors (Guardian)

… but someone did point that out:

• Is the study of Latin all washed up? (Guardian)

Then just the other day, the Times was pondering the same question (I commented in there somewhere):

• What’s the point of learning Latin and Greek at school (a pupil asks)?

A nice feature on the US Founders’ knowledge of Latin:

• The Founders Knew Latin (Lew Rockwell)

Deutsche Welle did some coverage of the Latin conference/competition in Arpino:

• A new case of Veni, Vidi, Vici for Latin in Europe

Students at Cohasset High School were/are trying to save their Latin program in the wake of their teacher’s retirement:

• Students petition for Latin teacher, program

Jim Greenwall is retiring, after teaching for 41 years (!):

• Marquette High Latin teacher retiring after 41 years

Newton North students were remembering their teacher, Robert Mitchell:

• Robert Mitchell: one student’s memories (Globe)

There was some recognition of performances on the NLE and JCL from Bexley Middle School … Terre Haute High … TMI …

… and you might want to take a look at this: The Comic Latin Grammar