Stephen Bertucci

Homeschool Renaissance and the Great Books Movement:  A Return to the Classics

Perhaps never before has an opportunity for genuine educational reform held such promise of success.  Parents are increasingly seeking out classical materials and support for a return to the roots of Western culture.  The Homeschool Renaissance is beginning in the homes of those who are willing and able to make the sacrifices necessary to educate their children in the classical tradition of Western civilization.

Stephen Bertucci is a Socratic mentor for the Great Books Academy Homeschool Program, and Editor-in-Chief of the magazine Classical Homeschooling.  He writes:  "Homeschool parents know the difference between Homer Simpson and Homer; muzac and Mozart; sit-coms and Shakespeare; Mickey Mouse cartoons and Michelangelo; Ronald McDonald clowning and The Divine Comedy; between "neo-Stone Age men" and true gentlemen and young ladies"  Stephen Bertucci is a founder of The Great Books Academy, and the father of ten children.  He an active member of the Catholic Church.

Classical Homeschooling Magazine "analyzes the burgeoning homeschooling renaissance of classical education from A to Z - the great books movement, the liberal arts, the Socratic method, the paideia reforms, modern media and homeschooling, poetic knowledge, legal implications of homeschooling, ancient Greek education, medieval education, reading lists of the classics of Western civilization, restoring education at home, where to begin, and many other capitvating topics.  Enjoy the golden ages of Western Civilization in your own home."

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