On Education

“Education is the food of youth, the delight of old age, the ornament of prosperity, the refuge and comfort of adversity, and the provocation to grace in the soul.” - St. Augustine

What is Classical Education?

Classical Christian education is an intentional approach to teaching and learning in which students are:

Grounded in Piety, Governed by Theology

All subjects are taught through the lens of a solid Christian worldview.

Trained in the Liberal Arts

The liberal arts of language and mathematics train students to reason well and develop virtue.

Cultivated by Classical Content

The content of the canon of Western Civilization, including the Great Books, provides the intellectual environment in which students grow in wisdom.

Blogs, Podcasts and Articles about Classical Christian Education

“Virginians are of genuine blood—They will Dance or Die!” —diary of Philip Fithian, August 25, 1775 Face buffeted by the icy blast off the Delaware River; eyes cast solemnly across a field of fallen soldiers; figure crisp and trim on a prancing steed: These images arise instantly when we imagine… Read more
Published on: 2025-07-18
Source: Memoria Press
The problem of evil[1] presents the strongest argument against the truth claims of Christianity. God can neither be all-powerful nor all good because a good, wise, and omnipotent God would never allow such evil. Yet the truth of Jesus Christ as the incarnate Logos sufficiently answers the problem of evil,… Read more
Published on: 2025-07-18
Source: Circe Institute
Chris Stigall reports from Pittsburgh’s Energy and Innovation Summit, hosted by Senator Dave McCormick. Joined by Secretary of Energy Chris Wright and President Donald Trump, they discuss Pennsylvania’s role in fueling AI and economic growth through natural gas, nuclear power, and rare earth minerals. A Faith and Freedom 250 segment… Read more
Published on: 2025-07-18
Modern society will not maintain democracy—that oft-bandied but seldom-understood idea—at the ballot box but in the classroom. As a moral and intellectual achievement, democracy still demands that the polity do more than vote: People must be taught to think deeply, patiently, and well. At the height of the Republic, Roman… Read more
Published on: 2025-07-17
Source: Memoria Press
Last fall, Alex Petkas, the host of Cost of Glory, a “personal development podcast based on dramatic retellings of Plutarch’s Lives,” published an article with… The post Are “Great Books” for Losers? appeared first on The Consortium of Classical Christian Educators…. Read more
Published on: 2025-07-17
As the fifth graders practiced their recitation of the poem “Mending Wall,” I forced an encouraging smile. Their delivery was smiling and audible—I expected as much from such a cheerful and unabashed group—but it was also lifeless and singsong. They bobbed rhythmically, as if they were reciting in rough seas…. Read more
Published on: 2025-07-17
Source: Circe Institute
On this episode of Anchored, Dr. Jennifer Frey shares the story behind her recently published New York Times op-ed, "Students Want the Liberal Arts. Administrators, Not So Much." Frey reflects on her abrupt dismissal as Dean of the Honors College at the University of Tulsa—despite building a demonstrably successful program…. Read more
Published on: 2025-07-17
On a recent Future of Life Institute podcast, economist Daniel Susskind, author of the bestselling book The Future of Professions, talked about how traditional education systems have a responsibility to prepare … The post Parents are Right to Want AI in K-12 Education appeared first on EdChoice…. Read more
Published on: 2025-07-17
Source: EdChoice
Today’s New Mason Jar episode features another episode from our archives with guests are Kay Pelham and Christy Hissong Kay is a veteran homeschooling mom to one son, as well as a piano teacher and literary enthusiast Christy is also a veteran homeschooling mom of one boy, and teaches at… Read more
Published on: 2025-07-17
Jennifer Jackett, 5th grade teacher at Seven Oaks Classical School in Ellettsville, Indiana, delivers a lecture on how to use labs to enhance elementary education. This lecture was given at the Hoogland Center for Teacher Excellence seminar, “The Art of Teaching: The Sciences” in November 2024. The Hoogland Center for Teacher Excellence, an… Read more
Published on: 2025-07-17
In this episode of Classical Et Cetera, we take a hard look at the role of technology in education—especially in classrooms committed to classical learning. Should students be using AI to write papers? Does screen time impact a child's ability to read, reason, and remember? And how do schools draw… Read more
Published on: 2025-07-16
The modern age struggles with knowing how to approach a literary education due to some incorrect assumptions about the nature of literature itself. We imagine that works of literature appear from the minds of authors—like Athena sprouting from the head of Zeus—fully independent and disconnected from anything outside of themselves…. Read more
Published on: 2025-07-16
Source: Memoria Press
Editor’s Note: This is the final of two blog posts we will be releasing over the course of the summer that will weigh in on the unique themes within the … The post Inside the Microschool Movement: What Parents Are Saying (Part 2 of 2) appeared first on EdChoice…. Read more
Published on: 2025-07-16
Source: EdChoice
Life under history requires great effort. Without the habits of remembering who we are, how we got to where we are today, and what personal sacrifice is required in order to maintain the social order, things slide to disorder. The habits of mind that we must exercise include: narrative knowledge, observation,… Read more
Published on: 2025-07-16
Source: Cana Academy
Hathaway was a good director, not a great one. He was no Frank Capra, John Huston, William Wyler, George Stevens, John Ford, Orson Welles, Michael Curtiz, or Alfred Hitchcock. Yet, Hathaway made some respectable flicks and, more importantly, became the subject of the best Hollywood legend ever told. Here, I… Read more
Published on: 2025-07-16
Source: Cana Academy

The Good Soil Report

Released in January of 2020, The Good Soil Report is a 2018-19 comparative study of 24-42 year old alumni from public, secular private, Catholic, evangelical Christian, religious homeschool, and ACCS (classical Christian) schools, on topics of life-choices, preparation, attitudes, values, opinions, and practices.

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