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Integrating Poetry in Science Lessons with Chris Hall

About our GuestChris earned a BA in Philosophy from Gettysburg College and an MAT in Elementary Education from Towson University.  He has been a classroom educator and...

Leading & Assessing Seminars with Andrew Zwerneman from Cana Academy

About our GuestAndrew J. Zwerneman serves as Cana Academy’s President and as one of their MasterTeachers. For 40 years, he has taught and consulted in secondary school...

Creating a Book of Century in Art Class to Support History and Music with Anna-Marie Carter

About The GuestAnna-Marie Carter is an enthusiastic classical education convert. After years of disillusionment under the philosophy of progressive education, she had ...

Mariah Martinez on Classical Pedagogy & Its Effects on Students

About The GuestMariah Martinez has worked in education since 2015 as a teacher, curriculum developer, and mentor teacher. Mariah attended the Honors College at Houston...

An Interview with David V. Hicks, Author of Norms and Nobility

About The GuestDavid V. Hicks retired in 2015 as Chief Academic Officer for Meritas LLC, a company based in Chicago that owned and operated K-12 college preparatory sc...

Living Ideas with the Beautiful Teaching Team

This podcast is produced by Beautiful Teaching, LLC.  Our team provides immersion courses, seminar led book studies, and comprehensive support for parents & K-12 class...

Bryan Smith: A Sage in the Liberal Arts Tradition

About The GuestBryan Smith has been in education for over thirty years, primarily in schools with a liberal arts or classical education philosophy. His own education a...

Phonics Part 2: Access Literacy Team Interview with Melody Furno & Dorothy Kardatzke

About The GuestsACCESS LITERACY TEAMDorothy KardatzkeI live with my husband in Columbus, Ohio. I taught for more than 25 years in both general education classrooms and...

Phonics Part 1: An Interview with Spell to Write and Read Trainers

GuestsRhonda Bedee is an instructor endorsed by SWR author Wanda Sanseri for Spell to Write and Read seminars. My specialty is finding solutions for individual spellin...

Knowledge, Genius, and Heart: Character Mapping at Northern Schoolhouse

GuestsMichael Fitzgerald (Principal)Michael is an experienced educator with an M.S. in Brain-Based Education. After a decade teaching in a variety of school models, he...

Art Appreciation with Rebecca, Founder of A Humble Place

SPONSOREighth Day Books is sponsoring our upcoming online conference AND this podcast episode. They are offering FREE standard shipping between March 8 and March 31, 2...

The Progymnasmata: Classical Writing with Benjamin Lyda

About the GuestBenjamin Lyda has been head of a classical charter high school and founder of a Charlotte Mason inspired K-12 school.  His more than 20 years of teachin...

Beautiful Math: An Interview with RightStart Math

About the GuestsKathleen Cotter Clayton is the daughter of Dr. Joan A. Cotter, author and developer of the RightStart™ Mathematics program. Kathleen is involved with c...

Dr. Junius Johnson on The Art of Teaching & Cultivating the Imagination

About the GuestJunius Johnson is a writer, teacher, speaker, independent scholar, and musician. His work focuses on beauty, imagination, and wonder, and how these are ...

Alex Markos on Creating a Spirit of Inquiry & Ordering the Affections

About the GuestAlex Markos is part of the Humanities faculty at the Geneva School of Boerne, TX, where he currently teaches 9th grade Greek and Roman history and liter...

The Trivium with Dr. Phillip Donnelly: Grammar part 1

About The GuestDr. Phillip J. Donnelly is Professor of Literature for the Great Texts Program in the Honors College at Baylor University. His teaching and research foc...

Master Penman Jake Weidmann on Penmanship for 21st Century Students

About The GuestJake Weidmann is a professional artist and certified as one of nine Master Penman in the world. Certified through IAMPETH (International Association of ...

Loving Literature with author, Karen Swallow Prior

About the GuestKaren Swallow Prior, Ph. D., is a reader, writer, and professor. She is the author of The Evangelical Imagination: How Stories, Images, and Metaphors Cr...

Headmaster Jon Jordan on Creating a Virtue-Based School Mission

About the GuestJon has worked at Coram Deo Academy since 2010. Before serving as Dallas Campus Headmaster, he served as Dean of Students at the Flower Mound campus. He...

Dr. Brian Williams on "What is the Classical Tradition?"

About the GuestDr. Brian A. Williams is Dean of the Templeton Honors College, Associate Professor of Ethics & Liberal Studies, and Dean of the College of Arts & Humani...

John Muir Laws on Ordering the Affections Through Nature Journaling

About the GuestJohn (Jack) Muir Laws is a principal leader and innovator of the worldwide nature journaling movement. Jack is a scientist, educator, and author, who he...

Poetry for Children with Grace and Amy Sloan

About Our Guests11-year-old Grace has loved poetry for as long as she can remember. When she's not climbing a tree, you can find her reading books or writing her own. ...

The Importance of Civics and Economics Education for Hearts and Minds (republish S1E16)

About our GuestsDr. Dave Rose is a Professor of Economics at the University of Missouri-St. Louis. He received his Ph.D. in Economics in 1987 from the University of Vi...

Teacher Panel: The Joy of Teaching Plutarch (Republish from S1E4)

This episode originally aired in Season 1, episode 4. We have many new listeners now. We think this episode is worth a republish! Enjoy the show!Four teachers join us ...

Teaching History Classically with Andrew Zwerneman of Cana Academy

About our GuestAndrew J. Zwerneman has been working in the classical education movement since 1983. In 2016 he co-founded Cana Academy where he serves as president. He...

Jonathan Pageau on The Symbolic World of Fairy Tales

About our GuestJonathan Pageau is a French Canadian liturgical artist, icon carver, writer, and public speaker. With a YouTube following of 191K, he has become a sough...

Dr. Christopher Perrin on What is Classical Education?

About our GuestDr. Christopher Perrin, is an author, consultant, and speaker, who specializes in classical education and is committed to the national renewal of the li...

Practical and Joyful Moments with Joshua Gibbs

About our GuestJoshua Gibbs is a teacher, a lecturer on pedagogy and great books, and the author of several books that are listed in the show notes. For the last thirt...

The Art of Good Writing with Master Teacher, Mark Signorelli

About The GuestMark Signorelli currently serves as Headmaster at Lumen Gentium Academy, a classical Catholic high school located in Boonton, NJ.  Prior to occupying th...

Benefits of Virtue and Motivation Research with Dr. Matthew Post and Dr. Steve Bourgeois

About The GuestsMatthew Post, PhD, Acting Director of the St. Ambrose Center for Catholic Liberal Education and Culture and Assistant Professor of Humanities at the Un...

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