Summer Conference 2025

Association Updates

How to Educate Americans, Part II: Making Good Citizens with Louis Markos
How to Educate Americans, Part II: Making Good Citizens with Louis Markos

John Dewey championed the dignity of the individual and sought an education system accessible to all Americans, regardless of background. However, influenced by Darwin, Dewey viewed man as malleable, something to be shaped by external… Continue Reading

Date posted06/28/2025


How to Educate Americans, Part I: Dewey & the 20th Century Thinkers with Louis Markos
How to Educate Americans, Part I: Dewey & the 20th Century Thinkers with Louis Markos

John Dewey championed the dignity of the individual and sought an education system accessible to all Americans, regardless of background. However, influenced by Darwin, Dewey viewed man as malleable, something to be shaped by external… Continue Reading

Date posted06/28/2025


The Principles of Classical Education with David Diener
The Principles of Classical Education with David Diener

This session will explore the core principles that define classical education, providing a historical and philosophical framework to distinguish it from other educational models. Attendees will learn about ten foundational tenets that have… Continue Reading

Date posted06/28/2025


Harmony for the Soul: Cultivating Virtue Through the Power of Music with Michael Attaway
Harmony for the Soul: Cultivating Virtue Through the Power of Music with Michael Attaway

Music is never neutral - it always forms our students, either nurturing a love for beauty and order or fostering an attraction to disorder. Drawing from the insights of Plato, Augustine, and Charlotte Mason, this session explores the… Continue Reading

Date posted06/28/2025


Taming the Strategy-Eating Monster: Nurturing a Vibrant School Culture with Jeff Hendricks
Taming the Strategy-Eating Monster: Nurturing a Vibrant School Culture with Jeff Hendricks

In this session, we’ll explore the challenge of cultivating a vibrant school culture, a topic often seen as elusive yet crucial for a thriving classical Christian school. Drawing on insights from C.S. Lewis, Wendell Berry, Gerard Manley… Continue Reading

Date posted06/28/2025