Cicero Notebook
A collection of articles, posts, and other resources to help homeschoolers, worldschoolers, and other families navigate their learning journeys.

What is Project-Based Learning?
Why Project-Based Learning Powers Homeschool Success The best learning mirrors the way humans naturally come to understand the world—through curiosity, exploration, and doing. This isn’t

Why Take Cognitive Science?
The brain is still one of the biggest mysteries of our time. The question of consciousness has plagued scientists and philosophers alike since the beginning

Everything You Need to Know About School Choice and Education Savings Accounts (ESAs).
For many families, finding the right educational environment is one of the most critical decisions we’ll make. Thankfully, we are living in a period when

5 Great Commencement Speeches
It’s that time of the year when parents and siblings gather in the pouring rain to celebrate their family members’ graduation, and sit through speeches

Literacy and Knowledge
The last five years has seen a revolution in early childhood literacy, as numerous studies revealed that one of the most prevalent approaches to reading

Why Study Art History
Last year we had a student come to Cicero in order to take a few courses that would flesh out her junior and senior year.