Is Charlotte Mason Classical? A Response to Memoria Press with Kolby Atchison

About this episode

Kolby Atchison discusses the philosophy of Charlotte Mason in relation to classical education and responds to neoclassical perspectives.

About the Guest Kolby Atchison serves as the head of school at Clapham School, a classical Christian school in Wheaton, Illinois, that implements the educational philosophy of Charlotte Mason. He is a founding director of Educational Renaissance where he speaks, writes, and podcasts on classical Christian education, Charlotte Mason, and modern research. He lives with his wife and three children in Chicagoland. Show Notes In this episode, Kolby and Adrienne dive into the philosophy of a person and the role of a teacher according to Charlotte Mason. Recently, several neoclassical programs (Memoria Press and Classical Conversations) released videos answering the popular question, "Is Charlotte Mason Classical?" We decided to dive directly into what we believe is the fundamental difference in the tradition of classical ed (which Mason is closely aligned to) and the the progressive classical movement (otherwise known as neoclassical). Resources Mentioned Neoclassical Vs. Classical Tradition: a comparison on Beautiful Teaching's website: https://www.beautifulteaching.com/neoclassical-vs-classical Memoria Press Latin Study The Core by Leigh Bortins (founder of Classical Conversations)…

People in this episode

Host: Adrienne

Guest: Kolby Atchison

Topics covered

• Charlotte Mason
• classical education
• neoclassical education
• teacher philosophy
• classical Christian education

Keywords

• Charlotte Mason
• classical education
• neoclassical
• Memoria Press
• Educational Renaissance
• teacher philosophy
• classical Christian education

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Clapham School, Educational Renaissance, Memoria Press, Classical Conversations

Books & works: Charlotte Mason Vol VI & Vol I, A Thinking Love: Studies from Charlotte Mason's Home Education, Till We Have Faces, The Core

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