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The Power of Rhetoric: What you say and who you are? ~ Chris Maiocca

Politicians and advocates appeal to hearts and minds, but are their ideas and ethics worth following? Students in Classical Christian Schools learn that Rhetoric is more than a tool...

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Shoulda, Woulda, Coulda… Getting Rid of Parenting Regrets ~ Keith McCurdy

Parents, have you ever bemoaned, “I should…”, “I would…” or “I could have…”? Did you fall for trendy parenting advice that was proven invalid? Ever lost your temper? Mix...

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Groundbreaking Study Reveals 7 Life Outcomes of K-12 Alumni ~ David Goodwin

You have to see it – and hear it – to believe it! David Goodwin, our special guest and President of the Association of Classical Christian Schools, shares the...

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Grown-Ups Look Back At Classical Christian Education ~ Brett Jones and Erin Meyers

In today’s episode, two adult siblings, Erin Meyers and Brett Jones, reflect on their experience with classical Christian education and its impact on their lives today. While Erin attended...

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Start Spreading The News… Classical Christian Ed Thrives in NYC ~ Rim Hinckley

NYC is not an easy place to run a school. With 900+ private K-12 schools in a city of 8.6 million, the competition is fierce. Yet for the last...

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Top Concerns Parents Have About Classical Christian Schools ~ Peter Baur

Can you list the top barriers that current or prospective parents have when considering CCE? One Head of School found out by hiring a marketing firm and letting a...

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How The Medievals Help Us Raise The Next Generation ~ David Goodwin

How do kings, knights and warlords fit with today’s egalitarian values and prepare students for the modern world? Do order and hierarchy have any place? According to David Goodwin,...

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Classical Conversations Is Growing Like Wildfire…125,000+ Homeschoolers ~ Robert Bortins

One of the fastest growing segments in Classical Christian Education is homeschooling. Robert Bortins, the Chief Officer of Classical Conversations, shares how the company his mother founded in 1997...

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Helping Teens Answer “Who am I?” ~ John Murray

How do images affect teens? John Murray is the author of the recent book, In Whose Image? Image-bearers of God vs. The Image-makers of Our Time. In this fascinating...

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Meet Classical Hall of Fame Member, Mortimer Adler ~ Dr. Robert Woods

If Classical Christian educators promoted a Hall of Fame, Mortimer Adler would surely make the list. Dr. Robert Woods, author of the newly released Mortimer Adler’s The Paideia Way...

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Raising The Well-Traveled Child ~ Tom Velasco and Bill Miller

Rome, Florence, Paris and London…have you considered that travel should be a significant part of your child’s classical christian education? In fact, many schools send their seniors to Europe...

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Teens Keeping Faith… How 10% Stay The Course ~ Brooke Hempell

The not so good news…Barna reports that only 10% of young adults ages 18-29 report keeping their faith in the face of a resistant culture. The good news…their “resilient...

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The ROI of Classical Christian Education…It Works! ~ Jean Kim

Classical Christian education offers some of the highest ROI, or return on investment, for the amount of tuition, time and effort parents spend. Jean Kim of The Cambridge School...

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How To Stimulate Curiosity… Inside and Outside The Classroom ~ Harlan Gilliam

According to Harlan Gilliam, the Science and Nature Center coordinator at Regents School in Austin, natural curiosity in our children makes education possible. In fact, it’s up to the...

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Why Christians Should Read The Pagan Classics ~ Louis Markos

Why would we want our classical Christian students to read books filled with pagan myths, fantasy worlds with darkness, and stories that might be R rated if they were...

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A Classical Life Hack: Commonplacing ~ Chris Browne

If you are like the average person, you easily forget what you’ve just read. But not if you “commonplace”. Commonplacing is a practice of antiquity that was particularly popular...

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The Drawbacks of Educational Technology ~ Martin Cothran

How do we know when we’ve overstepped technology in the classical educational environment?  Don’t we need to raise “real world” ready kids? Martin Cothran argues that today’s schools – and...

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The Two Most Important Scientific Discoveries To Teach Students ~ Dr. Mark Phillips

Dr. Mark Phillips has been on a lifelong journey to the science classroom. From Vanderbilt to Oxford, from comedy clubs with Steve Martin to Classical Christian Education, he has...

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Latest Trends of College Entrance Tests: SAT, ACT and CLT ~ Jeremy Tate

Jeremy Tate explains how the Classic Learning Test (CLT) counters the SAT and ACT as a better resource to assess your student for college, and well as new tests...

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Surviving and Thriving The Middle School Years ~ Nathan Jordan

Adolescence can be one of the most difficult and challenging seasons of our lives, whether you are a middle schooler, a parent, or teacher of middle schoolers.  And sometimes...

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