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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
How God Wires The Brain For Stories ~ Aaron Ames
Alexander the Great considered stories his most prized possession and Jesus deemed stories worthy of the secrets of the Kingdom of God. Storytelling is more than something we do around...
How Persecuted Schools Inspire and Motivate Us ~ “John Smith” (from China)
The headlines tell stories of persecution of Christians in China. As we pray for them, how do we help our students in the United States and elsewhere meet and...
Embracing Learning Differences in Classical Christian Schools ~ Leslie Collins
How do children with learning challenges fare in classical Christian schools? And how should CCE schools respond to the special needs of children and families? Leslie Collins has worked...
Humanities and Sciences Go Together… Like Bow Ties and Jackets ~ Mitch Stokes
One of the critical issues of our time is the disconnect between the humanities and sciences in both secondary schools and in higher education. Lack of crossover hurts both,...
Going Deep in the New School Year ~ George Grant
Have you heard the wise saying, “You cannot teach what you do not have”? Yet, in this busy world, we often get distracted and end up running on fumes...
Practical Parenting… So Kids Stay Grounded In A Spinning World — Keith McCurdy
Today, more voices than ever give us parenting advice…yet we have a poverty of wisdom when it comes to parenting the way God designed. In this interview, Keith McCurdy...
Arguing with Grandma: Using Logic Wisely — Brian Daigle
Classically-educated teens are trained to argue logically…but do they also know how to use the gift of logic wisely and appropriately? If not, then we are raising mechanistic citizens...
Igniting A Passion for Math in Students – Bill Carey
Good news, parents and teachers…according to Bill Carey, every student is a math person. But today’s schools often rob students of their natural curiosity and they end up experiencing...
How to Raise Physically Literate Children ~ Jenny Crockett
Did Aristotle do pushups? Or was he a couch potato who only did mental calisthenics? Jenny Crockett says that the Greeks highly valued physical exercise and spent more than...
Grades 101: The History of Grades and How They Undermine Students ~ Dr. Brian Williams
Is the current system of grading undermining students today and their long-term formation? Dr. Williams, a college dean at Eastern University, offers a fascinating history lesson about the origin...
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