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Deserving Mr. Darcy: An Austenesque Apologia for Classical Education

When Darcy appears, girls swoon; and when Jane Austen speaks, they listen. Countless TV adaptations and spin-offs have helped establish her as an authority on all things love and romance, even (or especially) amongst teenage females—an astonishing feat for an eighteenth-century spinster in the age of Gilmore Girls. But, while many count Austen an authority […]

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What Can Homeschoolers Learn from Traditional Schools? An Interview with Cindy Rollins

Here at CiRCE we believe there’s strength in numbers. If the Christian classical renewal is going to be truly meaningful and lasting then we have to work together, wherever and in whatever setting we are teaching. In some ways we need to think of ourselves as one large community. So we thought why not explore

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An Overly Simplified Comparison of Classical and Conventional Education

Of the three general forms of education, classical, traditional, and conventional, the greatest contrasts are between conventional and classical education. What I mean by conventional is simply the way things are done in schools, generally speaking, these days. It has philosophical roots, but people tend not to think about them. In this post, I am

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