About Us
Every meaningful conversation has to start somewhere. Learn who we are and how we started.
Scribblers
Ages 4-8
Foundations
Ages 4+
Essentials
Age 9+
Challenge:
Age 12+
Ch A
Age 12+
Ch B
Age 13+
Ch 1
Age 14+
Ch 2
Age 15+
Ch 3
Age 16+
Ch 4
Age 17+
Built on Family—Built for Families
We’re the homeschool program that helps you cultivate an inquisitive, thoughtful child through an intentional, community-based approach. Learning together with families like yours, you’re equipped with the tools and support to teach a Christ-centered worldview that’s rooted in the classical model.
More than 25 years ago, our story began as most good ones do: with a mother, a necessity, and an invention. Leigh Bortins created Classical Conversations with a desire to give her sons an education that’s proven, timeless, and rooted in a Christian worldview.
Though today we’re a little bigger than when we began, our collective drive and commitment remain the same. We’re focused on homeschooling that serves the whole family, empowering parents to equip their children. As a result, our students continually exceed the standards and outperform the national average of peers. Because they love to learn, our students go on to pursue their passions, whether by furthering their education, serving their country, or enjoying successful careers.
We want to partner with you. With communities in 54 countries, curriculum in multiple languages, we’re the largest classical education provider in the world.
But being the world’s biggest doesn’t put us out of reach. Instead, it means we appreciate your unique cultural needs and can connect you with the right resources to educate your family.
In 2021, we brought our curriculum to India. And it has been growing ever since.
We Believe
.The purpose of education is to know God and to make Him known.
.God trusts parents with their children, and so should we.
.Wrestling with truth promotes blessing and virtue for the whole community.
.Education is the responsibility of the family, with support from fellow believers.
.The support of community enhances our ability to fulfill parental duties.
.The accountability of community both sharpens and humbles its members.
.Classical education embodies the most natural tools of learning.
.Truth is required to inculcate wisdom, knowledge, and understanding.
.Classical education prepares us to accept the responsibilities of Christian freedom.
.God trusts parents with their children, and so should we.
.Wrestling with truth promotes blessing and virtue for the whole community.
.Education is the responsibility of the family, with support from fellow believers.
.The support of community enhances our ability to fulfill parental duties.
.The accountability of community both sharpens and humbles its members.
.Classical education embodies the most natural tools of learning.
.Truth is required to inculcate wisdom, knowledge, and understanding.
.Classical education prepares us to accept the responsibilities of Christian freedom.
Our Core Values
Grace in speech: Colossians 4:6
Humility of mind: Philippians 2:3-4
Integrity in action: Titus 2:7-8; Proverbs 11:3
Diligence in work: Romans 12:11
Excellence in results: Philippians 1:10; 1 Corinthians 10:31
Humility of mind: Philippians 2:3-4
Integrity in action: Titus 2:7-8; Proverbs 11:3
Diligence in work: Romans 12:11
Excellence in results: Philippians 1:10; 1 Corinthians 10:31
Our Mission
Our mission is to know God and to make Him known. Therefore, we aspire to develop both minds and souls.
Our Vision
Classical Conversations fulfills its mission by curating curriculum, providing services and training parents to build flourishing homeschool communities.
Therefore, our team both practices and is committed to:
- Submitting first our own bodies, minds, and spirits to the work of Christ as we join the great classical conversations of history.
- Supporting licensed homeschooling leaders imitating Christ’s work of reconciliation by serving families pursuing a classical education.
- Encouraging parents to develop the confidence to lead Christ’s natural classroom: the family.
- Challenging entire families to cultivate the art of wisdom through knowledge and understanding.
- Developing curriculum and services which ensure Classical Conversations’ families are equipped to conquer any obstacle in their pursuit of Christ.
Our Beliefs
Our deep-seated beliefs are the constant that shapes not only who we are, but how we approach home education and learning. Since our inception in 1997, Classical Conversations has used this timeless set of beliefs to guide how we interact with families and support learning in homeschool community.