Each year at the Great Hearts National Symposium for Classical Education, the team at Great Hearts Institute puts together an amazing program of presentations, talks, and workshops that address the topics that are most pressing in classical education today. During this process, they carefully consider which of those topics are in need of a full examination... Read More »

The leadership track at the 2026 Great Hearts National Symposium for Classical Education is designed to empower educational leaders with practical strategies and insights to excel in their role as school leaders. Sessions will explore Great Hearts APEX courses, effective change management, leading with influence, and translating vision into operational excellence. Sessions will be led by various... Read More »

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 »