Register Now for The Great Connections Leap Year
Apply Now! Enrollment is open for The Great Connections Leap Year! Please see all the information we’ve put on our updated website about the new
Good Reading for Children
Longtime Great Connections supporter John Davis from the Dallas area, recently asked me for a list of great books for children. And I’m glad he
The Classroom Is No Joke Anymore
At this link you can read about how a beloved teacher of 34 years at the Quaker School in Manhattan was sacked over a truly
Intellectual Humility and an Open Mind
Open Minds? When I celebrate Thanksgiving, I always think of the intrepid travelers (pictured above) who came to the northeast of the New World in
Poor Preparation for College
It is truly unfortunate that so many parents buy into the myth that they have to start “preparing” their children to get into the “best”
How Is Bike Riding Like College?
You might have seen the increasing number of articles discussing the fact that a college degree doesn’t prepare students with the skills to be successful
The Thrill of Silicon Valley
Raymie Stata and Marsha Familaro Enright after a wonderful Great Connections Seminar weekend discussing Aristotle, Nietzsche, Dewey, Rand and others. We were totally spoiled by
Vickie Oddino: My Time In Greece and Italy
Here we have a guest blogger, Vickie Oddino. Her sharp eye caught unique aspects of our trip to Greece and Italy, which I wanted to
Sicily at Last
After enjoying the richness of Olympia, we skedaddled back to Athens and took a flight to Catania, Sicily the next day for the final leg
Plumbing the Pelopponese
From Lesvos, we flew back to Athens and immediately boarded our coach for the Peloponnese. We had the services of an extremely knowledgeable historian as