The Classical Consortium

Great Homeschool Conventions has moved the entire Cincinnati conference online. The conference runs April 16-18. You can register here for free.

As part of this event, the Classical Consortium will provide LIVE events, including talks by:

• Andrew Pudewa (IEW)
• Martin Cothran (Memoria Press)
• Dr. Christopher Perrin (Classical Academic Press)
• Andrew Kern (Circe Institute)
• Dr. Carol Reynolds (Professor Carol)

And the ever-popular panel by all of these speakers: Classical Education Unhinged!

Register for the Classical Track

You can still hear your favorite speakers from the Classical Consortium by attending our online conference. All sessions are free.

On March 19-21, we will be following the conference schedule for the Great Homeschool Convention in Greenville, SC.

Details and registration information can be found here.

Participants include Classical Academic Press, Memoria Press, Circe Institute, Professor Carol, Institute for Excellence in Writing, and Veritas Press.

The Fruitful Garden

May 17-18, 2018
The Historic Seelbach Hotel
Louisville, Kentucky

CONTRARY TO POPULAR OPINION, the liberal arts are more than “impractical” areas of study for artsy students who don’t like math or science. They’re more than old-fashioned tools for differentiating a university from a nearby technical college. And they’re certainly more than just history and literature. The truth is, the seven liberal arts are the core of the classical curriculum. They’re the non-negotiable. That without which Christian classical education simply isn’t itself. So we in the classical consortium hope you’ll join us for this important contemplation of the essential nature, rich history, and promising future of the defining element of this classical renewal.

Please note: Lunches are included in the registration each day, but space is very limited!

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Louisville, Kentucky – January 20-21, 2017
At the Historic Seelbach Hotel

Hear your favorite speakers from the Classical Education Unplugged Panel.

Chris Perrin	Andrew Kern	Carol Reynolds	Martin Cothran	Andrew Pudewa

The truth will set you free, a wise man once said. If that’s true — and we believe it is — then we ought to pursue it above all else. Yet, in our day, “Truth” is something of a dirty word.

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If he believes truth actually exists at all, the modern man typically doesn’t believe it’s knowable, and he certainly doesn’t believe there’s such a thing as Truth that is universal to all men. You have your truth, he says, and I’ll have mine. Let’s leave it at that, he insists.

This is what we’re up against. This is what our students are being raised to believe.

That Truth exists and is knowable is one of the central tenets of classical education and unless we hold fast to it, the Christian classical renewal will never be complete.

So join the Classical Consortium this January as we explore this idea and what it means to our schools, homes, and communities. We’ll be there ready to contemplate alongside you.

See you there.

Be inspired. Be challenged. Be renewed.

THE CLASSICAL CONSORTIUM

Memoria Press • Classical Academic Press • CiRCE Institute • Professor Carol

Learn What Classical Education Has To Offer

Christopher Perrin	Andrew Kern	Carol Reynolds	Martin Cothran

The Recovery of Memory – Before We Have Forgot That We Have Forgotten
Dr. Christopher Perrin
Thursday, 3:30 p.m. – Room Santee

Russia in the Dark Age of Communism (a Personal Journey)
Dr. Carol Reynolds
Thursday, 5:00 – Room 203

Classical Education Unplugged
By the Panel
Friday, 10 a.m. – Room 202A

Common Core & The War Against Knowledge
Martin Cothran
Friday, 1:00 p.m. – Room Santee

Assessment that Blesses
Andrew Kern
Friday, 1:00 p.m. – Room 102A

Why Our Kids Struggle To Learn History
Dr. Carol Reynolds
Friday, 1:00 p.m. – Room 203

Putting Schole Back into School and Homeschool
Dr. Christopher Perrin
Friday, 2:30 p.m. – Room 104AB

The Roots of Christian Music
Dr. Carol Reynolds
Friday, 5:30 p.m. – Room 203

How Literature Springs into Music
Dr. Carol Reynolds and Janice Campbell
Saturday, 10 a.m. – Room 203

Classical Education Unplugged
By the Panel
Saturday, 4:00 p.m. – Room 202C

Join us March 20-22 at the Great Homeschool Convention in Greenville, South Carolina.

The Classical Consortium will have its own area. You can browse the Classical Curricula of CiRCE Institute, Classical Academic Press, Professor Carol, and Memoria Press. We will again have a “reading nook” – a quiet area with comfortable seating where you can read, relax, or enjoy conversation. Nobody will try to sell you anything while you’re there.

Our consortium members are also giving lots of presentations during the conference to help inform and inspire you. And all of us are teaming up for what some would call a panel discussion.

We’d call this session on classical education a “panel discussion,” but that would sound too boring, and the conversation among these four speakers is anything but boring! Carol Reynolds, Chris Perrin, Andrew Kern, and Martin Cothran discuss what classical education is and how it is done. In the process they agree, disagree, comment, criticize, tell funny stories, dispense advice, and (in the case of Andrew Kern) think stuff up right on the spot. Watch Chris Perrin use what little energy is left in the room after Professor Carol talks to ask a deep question of Andrew Kern–the answer to which Martin Cothran simply scratches his head at. And, most importantly, you can ask questions and get four different answers, each one (in the opinion of the person giving the answer) better than all the others! And all of it has something important to do with great books, music, language arts, and the humanities. You will go away amused and informed.