By Lauren Gideon It is that time of year again. Grills are lit, parades are attended, and picnics and fireworks have brought families and communities together. July 4th elicits my mixed sentiments. Inevitably, we are drawn into the topic of comparison. Side by side, we attend to the world leading up to 1776 and the […]
By Lauren Gideon Weāve all been there. You come up on a mother and her child at the grocery store. The child demands an item that the mother has chosen not to purchase. Maybe this child objects with a dramatic tantrum, grabs the item, and defiantly places it in the cart, or perhaps he rips […]
By Lauren Gideon “Freedom can exist only in the society of knowledge. Without learning, men are incapable of knowing their rights.” Benjamin Rush Don’t Take Liberty for Granted Civil liberty and air travel have something in common. They are both widely taken for granted. Have you ever considered what the advent of air travel […]
By Lauren Gideon As I travel from state to state, I find two tables of homeschool resources: those that are total free-market options and those that are fully or partially taxpayer-funded. These resources could include tutoring services, classes, extracurricular activities, sports, fine arts, and so much more. What I have found remarkably interesting is that […]
By Lauren Gideon Many people in America own timeshares or at least have been to one of those awful presentations. The concept is simple. Merriam-Webster defines a timeshare as “an agreement or arrangement in which parties share the ownership of or right to use property (as a resort condominium), and that provides for occupation by […]
By Lauren Gideon There has been a revival among conservatives to improve our functional U.S. Constitutional literacy. It’s only natural when things devolve into disorder and chaos to wonder, “What happened?” “How did we get here?” “Where did we get off course?” To answer these questions, one would have to learnĀ what the course wasĀ andĀ where the […]
By Lauren Gideon The original article, “How to be an American Citizen: The Relationship between the Represented and the Representative,” was published in The Cultivated Patriot. There is a lot of confusion these days (and dare I make us all nauseous and use the word “misinformation”), drowning the American citizen. We don’t always know what […]
By Lauren Gideon I recently wrapped up a year leading Challenge A with Classical ConversationsĀ® students. On the last day of community, the students took turns reading their assigned persuasive essays. While each student chose their topic, two had chosen the same topic. But they chose different sides! After the second student finished reading his […]
Lauren Gideon, Director of Public Relations for Classical ConversationsĀ®, shares how to curate a vision for your homeschool. Listen as she unpacks her experience of being home-educated and how that has shaped her now as a homeschool parent in this HSLDA Homeschool Talks podcast. Additionally, she and Jim Mason touch on the uniqueness of each […]
by Lauren Gideon As a classical educator, I canāt hide my enthusiasm when I find connections between the disciplines and realize the opportunity to practice the classical tools. To set the stage, we are now walking full steam ahead towards securing the presidential party nominations and the November general election. If you are an active […]