Articles dated May 2018

Investing for Maximum Return
Do you know the difference between spending money and investing money? Turns out my Challenge I students needed some clarity at the end of this semester. While exploring the “lessons learned” during our Stock Market Project, one student emphatically declared, “I would...

CC speakers headline global homeschooling conference
Classical Conversations’ founder Leigh Bortins was one of the keynote speakers at last week’s 2018 Global Home Education Conference in St. Petersburg and Moscow that almost a dozen members of the Classical Conversations’ leadership team attended.
Bortins was a...

35 students graduate in CC’s third-annual cruise commencement
The strains of Elgar’s Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 and the navy-blue caps and gowns said graduation, but the luau-themed decorations and the slight roll of the ship said cruise. Thirty-five Classical Conversations graduates participated in CC’s third-annual...

Michigan homeschooler wins $10,000 national math championship
Allendale, Michigan—The DiPiazza family of Allendale have found an innovative way of financing their children’s college education—all they have to do is win national math championships and the accompanying cash prizes. John DiPiazza, 13, won the 2018 National Number...

Tennessee girl wins $10,000 NMM championship
Franklin, Tennessee— Zoe Aviles is just 12, but her ability to memorize facts is amazing. So amazing, in fact, that the Franklin, Tennessee, student won the National Memory Master championship and a $10,000 cash prize April 30.
The effervescent sixth-grader with the...