By Dr. Daniel Scoggin, Co-founder and Academies Officer at Great Hearts Marcus Tullius Cicero said that “gratitude is not only the greatest of the virtues, but the parent of all others.” I have reflected on this quote over the last several months, and certainly was pondering its import recently as I indulged in a belt-expanding... Read More »
At the heart of every Great Hearts academy is a profound belief in the transformative power of wonder. A belief championed by Dr. Daniel Scoggin, co-founder of Great Hearts Academies. This February, Dr. Scoggin will share his wisdom and passion at the 2025 National Symposium for Classical Education, delivering a K-12 workshop titled “Character Begins in Wonder.” In... Read More »
Jessica Kaminski, M.Ed. has been helping educators for over 16 years as a classroom teacher, consultant, author, and coach. The Great Hearts Institute is excited to announce that Kaminski will be sharing her knowledge of Singapore Math as part of the K-5 Workshop Track at the 2025 National Symposium for Classical Education. “I believe math can be accessible for everyone. I... Read More »
Of the People, By the People, For the People In the summer of 1787, the very future of the country was hanging in the balance. It had been widely accepted that the Articles of Confederation approved a decade earlier were insufficient as governing principles for the American experiment. Delegates from every state gathered in... Read More »
Jessica Hooten Wilson, the Fletcher Jones Chair of Great Books at Pepperdine University, will deliver a keynote address at the upcoming 2025 National Symposium for Classical Education, Hooten Wilson will complement the central theme of “Cultivating Wonder” with her talk, “Witness and Wonder.” In this address, she will explore Socrates’ pursuit of justice and how it... Read More »