Host Matt Ogle, Travis Copeland, Josh Herring, and Winston Brady discuss an essay written by American educator and author Mortimer Adler, entitled "Teaching and Learning." The essay is itself a microcosm of much of Dr. Adler's educational philosophy. As a professor at Columbia University and the University of Chicago, Dr. Adler favored reading and discussing significant, meaningful texts from the Western canon as the primary means of instruction. In this episode, our teacher-panel examines how to bring Dr. Adler's philosophy into the typical 6-12 classroom in this episode.

Show notes available here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1UMuiB9VN_jVDlSnuL5d8yKnshCVxOgb6-EqWC8uMeuw/edit

In this episode, host Josh Herring, Rebecca McLane, Will Begley, and Winston Brady discuss the purpose of college, the reasons for attending college, and all the ways that students might get the most out of their college experience.

A Great Books discussion with Matt Ogle, Will Begley, and Winston Brady over some shared themes and motifs across Ovid's "Metamorphoses" and the Gospel of John.

An interview with Kelsey Zoda, the administrator at our Thales Waxhaw campus located just outside of Charlotte, NC. Waxhaw was the first Thales campus to open outside of Raleigh, and we discussed the unique educational opportunities Thales Waxhaw is bringing to families in the Charlotte area.

And please join us for next week's episode on a Great Books discussion on Ovid's "Metamorphoses" and the gospel of John, with the reading and questions available here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1LtKacZpDkBcLMqB5uU85HCRQKa48HNEp03X9NmAaIOA/edit?usp=sharing

A conversation with Thales teachers Winston Brady, Josh Herring, Will Begley, Jessie Gillooly, Travis Copeland, and Matt Ogle on how to survive midterms and college admissions.

A "freestyle" episode of great teachers talking about the great books they'll be teaching this quarter with Josh Herring, Will Begley, Jessie Gillooly, Matt Ogle, Travis Copeland, and Winston Brady.

A converstion with Jessie Gillooly, Travis, Copeland, Will Begley, and Winston Brady over the poetry of John Milton (1608-1674). Special thanks to Travis for organazing the episode and Jessie for suggesting the great title!

Host Josh Herring leads a conversation with Will Begley, Winston Brady, and Matt Ogle over Plato's "World of Forms" and its implications for teaching in a Classical school.

Thales teachers Jessie Gillooly, Winston Brady, Will Begley, Josh Herring, and Travis Copeland discuss a series of books about plagues including Camus' "The Plague," Thucydides, Lucretius, and Boccaccio, with the aim of finding ways to support our students and our teachers during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

Vice President Mike Pence and Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos came and visited Thales Academy as part of a recent tour of North Carolina. Host Winston Brady talks with Allison Combs, Kristin Davis, and Ashley Bahor about the visit and what it was like for them and their students meeting the VP and the Secretary of Education.