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

In this series, I want to review and highlight the Charlotte Mason Centenary Series of monographs released in 2023. The 18 books in this series are brief and readable volumes that encapsulate a diverse range of topics related to the life, writings and philosophy of Charlotte Mason. My intention is… Read more
Published on: 2025-02-22
A Springfield news organization that claims to be independent has extensive financial and personnel ties to Missouri State University (MSU), raising concerns about its objectivity.  The Springfield Daily Citizen, which lost $527,181 in 2023 according to financial documents examined by The Lion, appears to depend in part on funding from… Read more
Published on: 2025-02-21
The decapitated bodies of 70 Christians have been found in a church in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The victims are suspected to have been killed by an “Islamist group of Ugandan origin affiliated with the Islamic State,” according to Open Doors, an international organization helping persecuted Christians. This story… Read more
Published on: 2025-02-21
(Daily Caller News Foundation) – A group of Republican senators sent a letter Thursday calling on the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) to slash numerous Biden-era gun rules. The letter, led by Republican Texas Sen. John Cornyn and co-signed by dozens of other lawmakers, called on ATF Deputy… Read more
Published on: 2025-02-21
(The Daily Signal) – As the Trump administration threatens to pull funding from schools with race-based hiring, a Washington state school district is standing by its discriminatory practices. Bellingham Public Schools in Bellingham, Washington, has a five-year diversity, equity, and inclusion “action plan” to prioritize the retention of “staff of color,” according… Read more
Published on: 2025-02-21
(The Daily Signal) – Energy Secretary Chris Wright took the stage at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference on Wednesday to expound on President Donald Trump’s “drill, baby, drill” philosophy. Wright, a former energy executive and an enthusiastic advocate for natural gas, began his speech at the conference in the Maryland suburbs of Washington,… Read more
Published on: 2025-02-21
(Daily Caller News Foundation) – Republican Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell is expected to announce he will not seek reelection Thursday, according to multiple reports. McConnell, 83, led the Senate Republican Conference for decades until he stepped down at the end of the last Congress. There was widespread speculation that the former Republican… Read more
Published on: 2025-02-21
(The Center Square) – A newly released report details thousands of schools that embrace Diversity, Equity and Inclusion policies. President Donald Trump’s recent executive order means those schools must drop the policies or face losing federal funding. Parents Defending Education, a parental rights education group, reported it has so far… Read more
Published on: 2025-02-21
(Daily Caller News Foundation) – Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) head Elon Musk said Thursday at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) that President Donald Trump is in support of checks to American taxpayers as the department continues to cut government waste, calling out Democrats over their “lack of empathy”… Read more
Published on: 2025-02-21
Freedom of speech is on the table as the fight over gender accelerates. The U.S. Supreme Court could decide this month whether to hear an appeal filed on behalf of a Massachusetts boy who was prohibited from wearing a shirt declaring “There are only two genders” to school. The controversy,… Read more
Published on: 2025-02-21
At least two homeschool students will be participating at this year’s Scripps National Spelling Bee – thanks to their hard work and support from a regional Northwest homeschooling group. Eighth-grader Andrew Ford won the Feb. 8 Inland Northwest Spelling Bee by spelling “theosophy” correctly, the Coeur d’Alene / Post Falls… Read more
Published on: 2025-02-21
When I think of why I love teaching literature, the following selection from Christopher Ruocchio’s Howling Dark comes to mind:  I sensed then that it was the answer to this question, among others perhaps, that had set him on that throne and set him to pondering all that great art…. Read more
Published on: 2025-02-21
Source: Circe Institute
Christians focus on eternal things instead of the temporal, declared Vice President JD Vance when asked about his faith at the 2025 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) on Thursday. “[The Christian faith] is not just a set of good moral principles though it is that. I think the fundamental tenet… Read more
Published on: 2025-02-21
A Texas education bureaucrat who acts as a liaison to parents has been caught on camera advising an undercover journalist how to avoid transgender sports bans. Education reformer Corey DeAngelis, who shared the video, said it demonstrates how the lack of competition in public education has hurt students and parents…. Read more
Published on: 2025-02-21
Recruitment numbers for the U.S. Army are on the rise, and new Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says the election of Donald Trump has played a major factor in the upswing. “In December 2024, the U.S. Army had its best recruiting number in 12 years,” Hegseth posted on X. “In January… Read more
Published on: 2025-02-21

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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