KETTERING, OHIO—It’s Tuesday, Sept. 14, and Brian Newell has 10 students in his high school-age class seated around a U-shaped table arrangement in front of him. He has one student on Zoom. He’s making a point, says something funny, and the class erupts. Within a minute, everyone is jumping in, gesturing, laughing. Brian’s wearing a T-shirt, shorts, and popular sneakers with ankle socks. The students are dressed like typical teens: black T-shirts, ripped jeans, the only girl in the room is wearing a camo-style jacket. They’re discussing British literature—Chaucer’s “The Knight’s Tale”—and now one or more is dissing on another who spoke up. These eleven teenagers seem like any group of teens, but these aren’t public school students—they’re homeschoolers. They’re in an all-day co-op classroom setting, in Kettering, Ohio, held under the auspices of North Carolina-based Classical Conversations. And this is their routine: six subjects in a single seven-hour day, …
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