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Dec 14, 2017

Dual Enrollment? Concurrent Enrollment?

It sounds like Classical Conversations is more supportive of concurrent enrollment than Dual Enrollment. Is that true? When talking about college credits for our high school Challenge students, we are often asked to explain the difference between dual enrollment and concurrent enrollment. There is also some confusion about how...

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Dec 07, 2017

Fresh Fire

As a tutor, at the end of every Challenge B year, I feel like I couldn’t possibly love a class more. Then the next year’s class comes along and my newest claim is that I couldn’t possibly love a class more than this one.   Every year, my vibrant...

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Nov 30, 2017

Help! I’m Starting Challenge I Without Foundations!

This milestone has loomed since the genesis of your journey; you’ve always known “high school” was coming. Maybe, like me, you stayed so busy enjoying the early years that you pondered high school only sporadically. Maybe you weren’t sure you would still be on the homeschooling journey by then—maybe...

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Nov 27, 2017

The Penelope

The Penelope: A Dialogue with Socrates By Marc Hays Written in the 2017th Year of Our Lord Updated in the 2024th Year of Our Lord Characters Socrates, a famous philosopher   Penelope, a home school mom The Dialogue Penelope: Socrates, I am pleased to meet you. I hear you...

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Nov 17, 2017

Early Childhood Education

Parents who wish to lay the groundwork of a strong education for their children would do well to complete early childhood education at home. Parents can be successful in this endeavor by following a few simple guidelines...

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Nov 15, 2017

How to Learn a Language as an Adult

The opinions in this article are the author’s and do not necessarily represent the views or opinions of Classical Conversations and its leadership, staff, or communities. We are glad to provide a platform for discussion of ideas about classical Christian education in K-12 education and beyond, but publication is...

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Nov 06, 2017

Revelation through Rhetoric: Humility and Learning

Expectant faces. Blank looks. Shrugged shoulders. This describes many afternoons of my first year tutoring Essentials of the English Language for our brand new Classical Conversations Community in Keller, TX. Rather than being the grammar “expert” for our community, I found myself many times in front of the class...

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Nov 03, 2017

Classical Conversations wins First Place in Geography

The Old Schoolhouse, one of homeschooling’s leading magazines, has awarded First Place in Geography to Classical Conversations in its annual Excellence in Education Awards competition for CC’s new book, “Exploring the World Through Cartography.” More than 2,800 homeschooling parents nominated and voted for homeschool curriculum in 52 different categories...

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Nov 02, 2017

Classical Conversations® passes 115,000-student mark

Southern Pines, North Carolina — Classical Conversations’® student enrollment went over the 115,000-student milestone last month, making it the largest classical homeschooling organization in the world. Classical Conversations’ CEO Robert Bortins announced at CC’s 20th anniversary celebration, Oct. 18, that student registration for the fall had gone over 115,000...

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