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The 6-12 workshops at the 2026 Great Hearts National Symposium for Classical Education are designed to enhance the theme, Classical Education and the American Experiment, with interactive workshops for upper school educators in History, Lesson Planning, Art, Poetry, Science, Essays, Shakespeare, Logic, and more. In the workshop, Teaching Benjamin Franklin’s Autobiography, Peter McNamara will discuss how Franklin’s... Read More »

The K-12 workshops at the National Symposium for Education are designed to enhance the theme, Classical Education and the American Experiment, with interactive workshops on History, Lesson Planning, Art, Poetry, Physics, Essays, Shakespeare, Logic, and more. “We will be joined by several subject experts,” shared Carol McNamara, Director of Great Hearts Institute, who hosts the Symposium each... Read More »

Great Hearts Co-Founder, Dr. Daniel Scoggin, brings his deep experience in classical education to the 2026 National Symposium for Classical Education. In his Leadership Track workshop, “Teaching Teenagers: A Classical Vision to Reach an Anxious Generation,” Scoggin addresses one of the most urgent challenges facing grade 6–12 classical classrooms today – how to teach and... Read More »

With Keynote Speakers Doug Lemov, Dr. Christopher Perrin, and Jeffrey Rosen now announced for the Great Hearts National Symposium for Classical Education on February 25-27, 2026, at the Tempe Mission Palms Hotel in Tempe, Ariz., Great Hearts Institute Director Carol McNamara and team say there is even more offerings to experience at this “big tent” gathering for the... Read More »

The 2026 National Symposium for Classical Education will open with a keynote address by Jeffrey Rosen, President and CEO of the National Constitution Center, titled The Pursuit of Happiness: How Classical Writers on Virtue Inspired the Lives of the Founders and Defined America. Rosen will be joined by two additional keynote speakers: Doug Lemov, acclaimed... Read More »