The Classical Conversations Blog - Post Page 50

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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Oct 25, 2017

Five Important Women of the Reformation

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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Oct 24, 2017

Declarations of a Challenge A Mom

For those of you who know me, you know that my journey through Classical Conversations is a different one from most. I started working with Classical Conversations in 2006. It was small then; I remember once someone saying something about corporate and someone else saying that corporate was just...

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Oct 22, 2017

What Can Potlucks Teach Us About Choosing Curriculum?

When my daughter was young, church potlucks marked the high point of her month. She eagerly anticipated these gatherings for the sheer number of choices, the novelty of getting to try dishes that didn’t normally appear on our table at home, and most of all, the allure of the...

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Oct 20, 2017

Saxon Math for Homeschool – Discover the Benefits for your Child!

Saxon Math Homeschool curriculum rises to the top of any conversation about homeschool curricula. There are several reasons parents are drawn to these texts. Saxon Math Homeschool curriculum offers complete lessons from kindergarten to calculus, which sets it apart from other math texts for home schools.

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Oct 18, 2017

Is the Reformation Worth Celebrating?

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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Oct 16, 2017

Classical Homeschool Curriculum

Subjects deemed classical are worthy of more time, more study, more engagement and more consideration. This is especially true regarding classical education. A classical homeschool curriculum teaches grammar, dialectic and rhetoric through a Christian worldview—and uses an educational approach ideally suited to a child’s natural learning style.

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Why Teach Algebra? Part Two

In part one of this article we examined what we are really teaching when we teach mathematics and why it is important. In part two we will explore why practical math alone is not enough.    Tricks Without Understanding Many of the people who argue against teaching algebra recommend, instead, courses...

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Oct 15, 2017

It’s not too late! Some 20th-anniversary venues still have tickets!

Wednesday is Classical Conversations’ 20th-anniversary celebration at 10 regional locations around the country, and there are still a few family tickets left for some of the venues. The celebrations are already sold out in Colorado Springs, Grapevine, Texas, and Williamsburg, Virginia, but there are still a few seats left...

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Oct 13, 2017

Problems With Common Core

Ever since the first release of the Common Core State Standards, parents, educators, and politicians have been discussing the problems with Common Core.Among the list of problems are issues of centralized vs. local control of education, the fact that government solutions tend to be reactive and not proactive, and...

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Oct 10, 2017

An Education that Challenges Culture

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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Oct 03, 2017

Why Teach Algebra? Part One

There has been a growing trend to say that Americans need less algebra education. In The Math Myth, Andrew Hacker argues that algebra and other upper-level high school mathematics like geometry and trigonometry are largely unnecessary for students and can even get in the way of students preparing for the...

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