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From The Consolations blog
Take the Sun Away – Maybe They’ll Notice!
Take the Sun Away – Maybe They’ll Notice! Last year, immediately after the solar eclipse, I received this email from a headmaster in Vermont. I was stunned by the impact of the experience on his virtual-life-only students: I just got back from a school trip. I took my whole middle school to the Canadian border...Continue reading→
The Examining Life
The Transition to Classical Education
How can teachers and schools adapt to classical education? Is the method really suited to students of all ages and abilities? In this episode, Susan Wallace, veteran teacher, discusses with Dr. Seeley how she and her school have grown while transitioning to classical education, and examine a talk given by the late Pope Benedict XVI... Continue reading
Arts of Liberty Bulletin
Bulletin
Easter weekend has definitively proclaimed the arrival of Spring, at least in northern Iowa on the border of Minnesota. Two weeks ago, though Canadian geese filling the sky and fat robins returning to their territories spoke of spring as imminent, the deep snow cover made it hard to believe in new life. Trees produced buds in vain...Continue reading
Senior Fellows Activities
The Newman Conference 2025
President Dr. Andrew Seeley will speak at the 2025 Newman Conference. This conference is for the countless families, administrators, teachers and religious in search of an authentic Catholic and classical education. This education is not widely available in Brazil. Because of this, the Instituto Newman de Educação Clássica, in partnership with the Escola Santa Teresinha...
Instituto Newman Conference
Dr. Andrew Seeley will speak at a conference in São Paulo, Brazil, hosted by the Instituto Newman.
Academic Retreat for Teachers
Since 2007, the Institute for Catholic Liberal Education's Academic Retreat for Teachers has been giving new and veteran teachers, administrators, and board members — anyone involved in Catholic liberal education — the opportunity to rekindle their passion for learning while exploring the foundations of Catholic education with colleagues from around the country. This event elevates reading...
Institute for Catholic Liberal Education 2025 National Conference
President Dr. Andrew Seeley will attend the Institute for Catholic Liberal Education (ICLE) 2025 National Conference. This conference inspires and equips a growing community of Catholic educators to reclaim the Church’s full vision of education and to bring it to life in their classrooms. Hundreds of Catholic educators come together to deepen their understanding of...
The Learnables: Towards the Reform of Mathematics in a Liberal Arts Curriculum
St. Louis, Missouri - Although many strides have been made in reviving the humanities portion of a liberal education, mathematics and the sciences have lagged behind. Many obstacles lie in the way of programmatic change – ancient vs. modern math; the lack of a historical guide to integration of the sciences into a liberal arts...
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