Welcome to Living Education Collective
A relational education community serving Ventura County.
We believe education should be relational.
Living Education Collective is a grassroots movement of intentional families that believe there is a better way to educate. We deeply respect the personhood of each individual and believe that a human being is profoundly more than an empty container to be filled with facts or a machine in need of parts. We do not believe in the mechanization of mankind, but rather in the born personhood of each individual as a creation of the Living God.
We seek to equip and strengthen our local community by offering educational retreats, courses, gatherings and book clubs in addition to our 1-day student program.
Key Points
We follow the relational educational philosophy of Charlotte Mason.
Students are dropped off, taught by paid educators and assisted by parent volunteers.
We are a diverse, ecumenical community united in our love for Jesus, our unwillingness to remove God from education and our high emphasis on virtue and moral character.
Our program runs on Wednesdays for 30 weeks each academic year. Every 7th week we practice the art of sabbath as a community.
We currently accept students entering into Kinder (age 5 by Aug. 31) through High School.
Classes are kept intentionally small. Kinder and primary years have a max of 12 students per class. Upper classes have a max of 14.
Click to learn more about the Charlotte Mason method and which subjects are covered at Living Education Collective.
“Thought breeds thought; children familiar with great thoughts take as naturally to thinking for themselves as the well-nourished body takes to growing; and we must bear in mind that growth, physical, intellectual, moral, spiritual, is the sole end of education.”
— Charlotte Mason
