News & Essays

From the founding community.

Essays, announcements, and gatherings as the Academy takes shape.

Announcement

April 28, 2026

King Alfred Academy publishes its founding prospectus

After two years of conversation among families, pastors, and educators, we are honored to release the founding prospectus and open the first conversations with prospective Houses.

Essay

April 12, 2026

Why the family is the school

We did not invent the idea. Deuteronomy 6 did. The reformers recovered it. The homeschool movement has carried it. Our task is to honor it with the best tools of our age.

Essay

April 3, 2026

What an AI Steward will — and will not — do

A behind-the-scenes look at the Family Steward: the canon it draws on, the questions it asks first, and the careful printed-first defaults built into every interaction.

House

March 21, 2026

The first House gathers in Plano, Texas

Eight founding families met at a member’s home for the inaugural Symposium — recitation, share, conversation, and a long table of food.