Back in 2021 I interviewed Anesley Middlekauff when she had just completed her first semester at Iowa State University. We talked about the enormous transition from a Charlotte Mason high school to a campus of 30,000 students. At the time I couldn’t help but wonder what the next three years had in store for her. …
Many parents get interested in the Charlotte Mason method when their children are young, and they wonder what happens when children educated in this manner get older. Is the Charlotte Mason method a good preparation for life and/or for college? Recently I had the opportunity to talk to a young woman who was homeschooled from …
Editor’s note: This article first appeared on the Charlotte Mason Institute blog. As I sit on the beach of a nearby lake on a sunny summer’s day, I watch my nine year old daughter wandering the shore and stopping to observe a dragonfly flitting about. She finds a little rock. She marvels at it for …