Isaac Durst: How character education can shape academic success, homeschooling

About this episode

Isaac Durst discusses the role of character education in the academic success of homeschool students.

Isaac Durst, former head of school at the Principled Academy (now ValuesandVirtues.org ), discusses the importance of character education in maturing and developing homeschool students. -How Values & Virtues got its start as Principled Academy [1:50] -Why homeschool families are passionate in asking questions and taking charge of their children's learning [4:40] -Some of the academic successes linked to character education [7:00] -How to involve "head, heart, and hands" in building virtue and values within children [10:30] -Some of the best ways to navigate the valuesandvirtues.org website [12:20] -How to help students connect the dots between classic stories and real-life application [15:30] -Next steps for people interested in learning more [18:20] Resource #1: https://valuesandvirtues.org/ (Values & Virtues website) Resource #2: Homeschool Conference & Curriculum Fair Continue the conversation! Website: https://midwesthomeschoolers.org/ Email: podcast@midwestparenteducators.org Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/midwestparenteducators/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mpeinkc/ X (formerly Twitter): https://twitter.com/mpeinkc Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/mpeinkc/…

People in this episode

Host: Midwest Parent Educators

Guest: Isaac Durst

Topics covered

• character education
• homeschooling
• academic success
• values and virtues
• student development

Keywords

• character education
• homeschooling
• academic success
• values
• student development

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Principled Academy, Values and Virtues, valuesandvirtues.org

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