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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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