Advice for Opening a New Classical School with Chad and Melody Fowler
From Classical Education by Beautiful Teaching, LLC
January 29, 2026 · 1h 10m · Season 5 · Episode 13
About this episode
Chad and Melody Fowler discuss insights and advice for opening a new classical school.
About the Guests MELODY FOWLER: Roots Farm Education Founder, Director, Form III Instructor Ages 10-12 Melody is a happy wife of 28 years, a proud mother of three and now an over-the-moon grandma of four grandchildren. She was born in El Paso, Texas, and moved to Redding when she was five years old. She loved learning as a child and her favorite pastime was to play school in her garage with younger siblings and neighborhood friends on vintage desks her father bought at local yard sales. After receiving her Bachelor's Degree in Liberal Studies and teaching credential from Simpson University, Melody taught a self-contained fifth grade classroom for 11 years before moving on to the 8th grade teaching English and U.S. History for four years. She finds it essential to teach the next generation to revere and protect the rich inheritance of liberty they have been gifted. She also completed her administrative credential in Educational Leadership and wrote her Master's paper on Charlotte Mason. She participated in the Northern California Arts Project, the Shasta County Math Grant, and a three-year ELL grammar program teaching English as a second language. Melody was involved in her site’s…
People in this episode
Guests: Chad Fowler, Melody Fowler
Topics covered
- classical education
- school opening
- teaching methods
- educational leadership
- family involvement
Keywords
- classical school
- education
- teaching
- leadership
- family
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Roots Farm Education, Simpson University
Places: El Paso, Texas, Redding
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