Chrystie Klingbeil, upper school math teacher and department chair at St. John's Classical School in Fleming Island, Florida, joins host Scot Bertram to discuss her journey from classical school parent to teacher, the fruits she's seen in her own children's lives from their classical education, and the unique difficulties of teaching your own children in a classroom setting.

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Adam Carrington, associate professor and co-director of the Ashbrook Center at Ashland University, delivers a lecture on how to make the Constitution exciting for young students.

This lecture was given at the Hoogland Center for Teacher Excellence seminar, “The Art of Teaching: American History,” in April 2024. The Hoogland Center for Teacher Excellence, an outreach of the Hillsdale College K-12 Education Office, offers educators the opportunity to deepen their content knowledge and refine their skills in the classroom.

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Damon Gibbons, dean of lower school students and P.E. faculty member at Cincinnati Classical Academy in Cincinnati, Ohio, joins host Scot Bertram to discuss how classical education encourages students to tackle difficult tasks, why schools shouldn’t dismiss physical education, and good online resources for P.E. instructors.

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Michael Berndt, assistant director of curriculum for the K-12 Education Office at Hillsdale College, delivers a lecture on how the liberal arts can help us better appreciate the sciences.

This lecture was given at the Hoogland Center for Teacher Excellence seminar, “The Art of Teaching: The Sciences,” in February 2024. The Hoogland Center for Teacher Excellence, an outreach of the Hillsdale College K-12 Education Office, offers educators the opportunity to deepen their content knowledge and refine their skills in the classroom.

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Janice Dahnke, director of student services at Seven Oaks Classical School in Ellettsville, Indiana, joins host Scot Bertram to discuss her work assisting students with disabilities in classical classrooms, the universal nature of a classical education, and the importance of the classroom setting in accommodating students with special needs.

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Jonathan Gregg, assistant professor of education at Hillsdale College, delivers a lecture on the different philosophies in mathematical education.

This lecture was given at the Hoogland Center for Teacher Excellence seminar, “The Art of Teaching: Mathematics,” in November 2023. The Hoogland Center for Teacher Excellence, an outreach of the Hillsdale College K-12 Education Office, offers educators the opportunity to deepen their content knowledge and refine their skills in the classroom.

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Anna Cannon '22, Religion, History, and Basketball teacher at a school in Iraq, joins host Scot Bertram to discuss difficult students, teaching in a foreign country, and how interacting with Iraqi students has made her a better teacher.

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The Hoogland Center for Teacher Excellence, an outreach of the Hillsdale College K-12 Education Office, offers educators the opportunity to deepen their content knowledge and refine their skills in the classroom. Hillsdale College’s K-12 Classical Education Podcast is bringing these presentations directly to your podcast feed in this new series.

This week: Host Scot Bertram sits down with Kathleen O’Toole, assistant provost for K-12 Education at Hillsdale College, to give a brief introduction to the work of the Hoogland Center and how listeners can participate in future events.

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Colin Mullaney, assistant director of School Leader Support at Hillsdale K-12, joins host Scot Bertram to discuss how parents can help instill virtue in students, the work required for moral excellence, and the importance of cultivating a moral imagination.

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David Diener, Assistant Professor of Education at Hillsdale College, joins host Scot Bertram to discuss restoring science to the classical tradition, problems with modern conceptions of science, and how philosophy and science work in tandem with the other disciplines in the liberal arts. 

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