Joshua Pauling joins Davies Owens to explore how modern education often prioritizes efficiency, metrics, and performance over true human formation and how classical Christian education offers a more humane alternative.

Where do classical Christian schools find their teachers and how are they trained? Davies Owens sits down with Dr. Rob Jackson to explore why traditional certification often falls short and how schools are building a better path through mentorship, apprenticeship, and a renewed focus on wisdom and subject mastery.

In the next installment of the BaseCamp Live series on classical Christian education, Davies Owens is joined by Dr. Michael Adkins to explore what classical Christian education really is and why it matters so much in today’s fragmented world. Together, they discuss how this time-tested model forms students not just for success, but for wisdom, virtue, and a rightly ordered life.

In this alumni interview, Davies Owens talks with Neeya Toleman, a Coram Deo Academy graduate who now works as an engineer developing major power transmission lines across the United States. Neeya shares how a rigorous classical Christian education shaped her ability to learn, think critically, communicate clearly, and stay grounded in faith. Her story is a compelling reminder that classical Christian schools can prepare students not only for the humanities, but also for demanding STEM careers and faithful service in the modern world.

Paul Leywell explains how classical Christian schools can teach rigorous science through story, history, and thoughtful integration, forming students who think deeply and pursue discovery with wonder. A better science classroom is not more tech, it is deeper thinking, richer stories, and science taught as part of God’s world.

Good conversations with our children do not just happen. They require intentionality, patience, and better questions.

In this episode of BaseCamp Live, Davies Owens welcomes back Mandi Gerth to explore how the questions we ask shape not only daily dialogue, but the long-term relationship we hope to have with our children. From simple narration questions to big-idea conversations about virtue and faith, Mandi offers practical guidance for building intellectual habits and deeper connection at home.

If you want more than one-word answers, this conversation is for you.

Students need more than academic strength. They need real-life confidence, practical skills, and the freedom to try things early. In this episode, Davies Owens talks with Mitchell Slater, founder and CEO of Slater Strategies, about growing up homeschooled in Alaska, starting a business at 17, and why schools should create real-world opportunities for students, including Mitchell’s School Marketing Team (SMT) program.

What exactly is classical Christian education, and why is it so hard to define in a soundbite? Dr. David Diener joins Davies Owens to clarify the goal, the culture, and the practical distinctives that make this tradition both deeply rooted and surprisingly future-ready.

In this episode of BaseCamp Live, Davies Owens sits down with Providence headmaster Jeff Hendricks to talk about a simple but powerful idea: we are always forming habits, whether we mean to or not. Jeff explains why habits are not about rigid rule-keeping, but about training children for joyful freedom, shaping what becomes “second nature” over time. They walk through several practical habits families can start right away, including prayer and Scripture, attention, obedience, orderliness, service, and working hard with excellence.

In a world full of good things competing for our attention, Keith McCurdy helps families rethink the order of their loves, so kids learn to value what matters most. This conversation gets practical fast, with simple, doable habits that rebuild connection and calm the chaos.