Our Cultural Moment and the CCE Antidote w/ Gordon Pennington
Our schools obviously exist in the midst of the surrounding culture. The daily bombardment of media techno intrusion can ravage the affections and loves of our students. So it...
CCE Alumni Successes – New Research w/ Brad Doplloff
There are no shortages of antidotal stories that demonstrate the impact CCE is having in the lives of students in K-12 and beyond. A few years ago a highly...
How the Ancients Shaped Virtuous People w/ Louis Markos
Classical Christian schools believe the Greeks understood something critical about human nature and how to raise up a fully formed human being. They missed out on the Christian answers...
The State of Parenting Today w/ Keith McCurdy
Counselor, Keith McCurdy, is back on this episode. He joined me onstage at this summer’s SCL conference, and we decided we should share that interview, where we discuss the...
Writing Future Great Books w/ Dustin Leimgruber
His book review says it all – “In a world of 280-character social media posts, we desperately need to cultivate again our holy imaginations through good reading, especially with...
Battle for the American Mind w/ David Goodwin
One of the reasons we love classical Christian education is because it fully restores the way just about everyone in the west was educated up until 100 years ago....
Culture-Shaping House Programs w/ Jordan Tucker
Classical Christian education is a powerful antidote to the all-pervasive and alluring secular culture that daily pulls and shapes what our children love. The effectiveness of our schools is...
Senior Thesis Perspective: Joyful Learning w/ Christina Burkhalter
On this episode of BaseCamp Live, we hear a first-hand perspective from the high school classroom. The capstone project for every CCE student is their senior thesis. Senior Christina...
Student Buy-In: So Why THIS School?
I’ve said before that students in K-12 Classical Christian schools are often the most neglected population in our schools. What do I mean by that? School leaders put a...
Realities & Opportunities of Protecting Children w/ Greg Love
Today we tackle a challenging topic – one not easy but one that has reached an epidemic level among all communities around the world, and even more so since...
God, Tech, and the Next Generation w/ Tony Reinke
Is it godly to be anti-tech? Recent studies indicate the average American teen is spending 7-9 hours a day in front of a screen. Even if our students are...
Renewing Our Imaginations w/ Jessica Hooten Wilson
Classical Christian folks celebrate high-level thinking, and rightly so, but as humans, we are ultimately driven by our hearts and imaginations. Reading great literature isn’t just for mental push-ups,...