In this episode of our flagship podcast, Greg Wilbur and Gene King from New College Franklin in Franklin, TN, join David to the challenges and benefits of operating a small college in the volatile world of modern higher education. 

Topics include: The story of NCF, the challenges of higher ed in 2017 (7:40), staying small (11:00), dropping the ACT and SAT in favor of the CLT (17:00), and what they hope to see change in higher ed and NCF's role in that change (31:30). 

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This episode is brought to you by the CLT 10, the CLT equivalent to the PSAT. Unlike the PSAT, however, the CLT 10 is free for students. Since a growing number of colleges have tied scholarship dollars to the CLT 10, the test will only be available on April 5th. To sign up your homeschool group or school, or for more information, visit CLT prep.com

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In this episode of our flagship podcast, Greg Wilbur and Gene King from New College Franklin in Franklin, TN, join David to the challenges and benefits of operating a small college in the volatile world of modern higher education.  

Topics include: The story of NCF, the challenges of higher ed in 2017 (7:40), staying small (11:00), dropping the ACT and SAT in favor of the CLT (17:00), and what they hope to see change in higher ed and NCF's role in that change (31:30). 

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This episode is brought to you by the CLT 10, the CLT equivalent to the PSAT. Unlike the PSAT, however, the CLT 10 is free for students. Since a growing number of colleges have tied scholarship dollars to the CLT 10, the test will only be available on April 5th. To sign up your homeschool group or school, or for more information, visit CLT prep.com

In this episode of The Mason Jar Q&A, Cindy chats with author Megan Hoyt about composer study and Charlotte Mason. Megan is the author of A Touch of the Infinite: Studies in Music Appreciation with Charlotte Mason  and the moderator of the music section at AmblesideOnline. 

Topics include:

• Math and music (6:00)
• The most surprising thing she learned about Mason's method for composer study (10:45)
• A book that encapsulates what Mason was trying to do (18:25)
• How composer study involves more than she originally thought (21:30)
• Teaching music appreciation when you are not a gifted musician (24:40)
• Where to start composer study (29:00)
• How a little bit goes a long way (38:30)
• What she's reading (43:30)

Books mentioned in this episode: 

• A Touch of the Infinite, by Megan Hoyt
• The Term's Music, by Cedric Howard Glover
• When Children Love to Learn, by Elaine Cooper

You can learn more about Megan and her work here. 

On this episode of Close Reads, Angelina, Tim, and David conclude their ongoing discussion of Dorothy Sayers' classic mystery novel, Murder Must Advertise, one of the Lord Peter Wimsey stories. 

Topics include: Who else the murderer could have been (6:45), whether Justice was served in the end (14:00), whether Wimsey was actually a good detective in this book (36:30), Tallboy's possible redemption (45:00), and the book we'll read next on the show. 

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In this episode of The Commons, Brian Phillips chats with David Goodwin, President of the Association of Classical Christian Schools, and Kirk Vanderleest, headmaster at the Ambrose School in Boise, Idaho, about the challenges of school leadership.

Topics include:

• the board/headmaster relationship
•  the board/parent relationship
• what a healthy transition in leadership looks like
• filling staff vacancies
• and things they learned while on the job. 

On this episode of Close Reads, Angelina, Tim, and David continue their ongoing discussion of Dorothy Sayers' classic mystery novel, Murder Must Advertise, one of the Lord Peter Wimsey stories. 

Topics include: Comparisons between this book, Netflix's The Crown, and BBC's Downton Abbey; class issues between characters; the lack of appeal in the evil in the book; the slow burn tensions; and how Greek (the language) can help us pronounce "Death Bredon." 

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In this episode of our flagship podcast, Matt Bianco and Buck Holler, heads mentors in our apprenticeship program, join David to discuss the important (and challenges) of mentorship in education. 

Topics include: Beginning new mentorship relationships, why love is so important in mentorship, challenges of being a mentor and a mentee, and much more.

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In this episode of our flagship podcast, Matt Bianco and Buck Holler, heads mentors in our apprenticeship program, join David to discuss the important (and challenges) of mentorship in education. 

Topics include: Beginning new mentorship relationships, why love is so important in mentorship, challenges of being a mentor and a mentee, and much more. 

On this episode of Close Reads, Angelina, Tim, and David continue their ongoing discussion of Dorothy Sayers' classic mystery novel, Murder Must Advertise, one of the Lord Peter Wimsey stories. 

Topics include: Why Tim isn't overly excited about this book, what about it people most like, the modernism of the prose, the various jumping perspectives, and the theme of phantasms. 

In this episode of The Mason Jar Q&A, Cindy and David chat with a much-loved speaker and a dear friend of CiRCE: Mr. Andrew Pudewa, founder of the Institute for Excellence in Writing (IEW). 

Topics include:

• His role in his home (4:00)
• Reading dads (16:00)
• Dad the discpliner (24:00)
• Ideas for busy dads to help teach (28:00)
• How wives should approach their uninvolved husbands (34:00)
• What he wishes he could do over (44:30)

Learn more about Andrew over at iew.com.