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This Christmas, experience the joy of deepening your faith and renewing your spirit with inspiring ClassicalU courses like Myth Made Fact, Theology of Beauty, and Wendell Berry's Virtues of Renewal. Encounter the wonder of incarnation, beauty, and place as you reflect on the deeper meaning of the season. If you are a new ClassicalU subscriber, you can get 50% off your first two months by applying the code ClassicalChristmas2024 at checkout. Don't wait to act —? this offer ends on December 31. Start learning ?? https://hubs.la/Q02Z561J0

If you missed Jon Balsbaugh's ClassicalU cohorts this fall, don't worry — he will be offering his course on the teaching methods of Mortimer Adler and Socrates again this spring. Separated by almost twenty-five hundred years, Socrates and Mortimer Adler are nonetheless participants in the same great conversation of what it means to know, to learn, and to become a truly “educated” person. This course will begin with a study of Socrates as teacher, learner and guide (with attention to developing a true “Socratic Method”); and it will continue with a practical application of Mortimer Adler’s three pillars of instruction to the classroom environment. Participants will meet from 7:00-9:00 P.M. ET for six sessions, starting on January 21, 2025. Planning to register? Take a few minutes to do it now while you have time. The busy holiday season is upon us! Register now ?? https://hubs.la/Q02Xxg2w0

Looking to improve your professional development plan? Want to give your teachers professional feedback? ClassicalU can help! We partner with experienced and trained school leaders to provide consulting services for your school or organization’s professional development plan, as well as live (web-based) teacher coaching with professional feedback for recordings of classroom instruction. Our offerings provide practical teacher coaching for yourself or professional development plan consulting and coaching for your organization. Learn more ?? https://hubs.la/Q02Yh6Qc0

Next week, you'll prepare a mouth-watering turkey, delightful side dishes, and decadent desserts like pumpkin pie. If you need a treat now to hold you over until the big day, peruse our website to find sweet savings. That's right — our Cyber Sale has officially started! From now until Monday, December 2, save 20% on Classical Academic Press' physical, non-digital items. Plus, get free shipping on orders of $75 or more. (Some terms and restrictions apply. Please review them on the Cyber Sale web page.) Looking for recommendations? Check out recent releases like Advanced Biology, The Curious Historian Level 3, and Humanitas: Ancient Greece & Ancient Rome. Shop now ?? https://hubs.la/Q02XCyvd0

Taught by professor Jeffrey Bilbro of Grove City College, ClassicalU's new course applies Dr. Bilbro’s book Virtues of Renewal: Wendell Berry’s Sustainable Forms for classroom teachers. These virtues of renewal are alternatives to the dominant virtues of our “industrial economy” that values specialization, competition, and techniques over the virtues of attention, gratitude, humility, hope, memory, fidelity, and convocation. Wendell Berry’s literary forms can model and foster these virtues that will enable teachers and students to tend to the health of their places and communities. A classical liberal arts education should prioritize developing these sustaining virtues alongside the particular skills needed for different vocations. Seeing and experiencing such forms of life within literature and the classroom prepares students to make their knowledge and work serve the common good, rather than just individual self-interest. Register for the course ?? https://hubs.la/Q02Yh9jJ0 Learn more about the course in this ClassicalU podcast episode ?? https://hubs.la/Q02Yh9050

This Veterans Day, we pause with gratitude to honor the brave men and women who have served our country. Their commitment, sacrifice, and dedication to protecting our freedoms inspire us deeply. At Classical Academic Press, we believe in the power of education to cultivate wisdom, courage, and virtue—qualities that our veterans exemplify in profound ways. We are thankful for all who have served, and we recognize the families who support them and share in their sacrifices. On this day of remembrance and reflection, we invite you to join us in celebrating our veterans. Let us remember their service, give thanks for their bravery, and carry forward the values they defend.

In less than two weeks, we'll be ringing in the holiday season with a special Cyber Sale! From November 18-December 2, you can save 20% on our physical, non-digital items. From Latin for Children to Humanitas to Novare Science, there are many delightful lines to explore. Plus, check out our classical education resources to see which books need a new home in your personal library. Start browsing ?? https://hubs.la/Q02W-PFN0

In his article, "Disability and Inclusion in Classical Education," Mark Bradford says that Catholic schools haven't done enough to serve students with learning differences, but they are striving to improve. "Individual initiatives are growing, and foundations are being founded to assist with training staff and funding these initiatives," he writes. Bradford then points the reader toward Dr. Amy Richards' new book, Disability and Classical Education, which sheds light on the nature of disability, the goal of education, and the ways in which classical educators can offer genuine welcome to students with disabilities and learning differences. "Disability and Classical Education is a short read, but it’s one that demands attention. Dr. Richards calls upon many sources to make her points, from Augustine to Iris Murdoch, Josef Pieper, Wendell Berry, John Paul II, and various contemporary scholars writing on disability and inclusion. It is a thought-provoking read that will interest teachers and parents, and hopefully pastors and Catholic school principals as well." If you are interested in learning more about this topic, Dr. Richards also has a ClassicalU course called Disability and Classical Education: Student Formation in Keeping with Our Common Humanity. Read the review ?? https://bit.ly/3YPUPHw Discover the book ?? https://amzn.to/3YPu7yS Learn more about the ClassicalU course ?? https://bit.ly/3YSON9i

On Thursday, November 14, 2024, at 8:00 PM ET, join Dr. Christopher Perrin for a Live Learning Event about trusting God when a child wanders from the faith. We all know this kind of family (and yours may be one): A godly, thoughtful, faithful and “model” family with several children. The children are all homeschooled and appear healthy, respectful, resourceful, and faithful to Christ and the church. Then one of the children wanders from the faith and rejects the church. If we are honest, this is not uncommon, but it is often hard to address, discuss, and understand. In this seminar, we will discuss the current cultural challenges that we and our children are confronting in an increasingly secular society, with many competing voices calling and tempting our children–despite our best efforts to protect and provide for them. We will address the ways we can wisely protect our children but will also discuss the biblical basis for trusting in God for our children’s well-being and salvation when they wander from the fold. Free to register ?? https://hubs.la/Q02WdgXj0

Disability and Classical Education is a wonderful new book by Dr. Amy Richards available from Classical Academic Press. Read my review that I wrote for Word on Fire Catholic Ministries here, and then buy a copy! #Disability #Inclusion #InclusiveEducation #ICLE #Education #CatholicEducation