Classical Education News & Articles | September 2022
In addition to reviewing books, ClassicalEd Review provides our readers with a monthly compendium of recent articles and news stories related to classical education and the liberal arts.
Classical Education Offers Families an Educational Refuge
by Emma Wilenta
A resurgence in classical education, sometimes referred to as the liberal arts, has energized an education system that has sorely disappointed families over the past several years.
What Do We Mean by Liberal Education?
by Wilfred McClay
Our system of education is failing us in more ways that we can count. Paramount among those failures is our failure to attend effectively to the moral formation of our young people. None of the tasks of education is more important, and there is none at which we are failing more miserably.
Virtue and Classic Children’s Literature
by Jennifer Frey
Parents are often given dubious advice about their children’s reading: Let them read whatever they enjoy, as we must encourage literacy. This is a strangely laissez-faire attitude to take towards such a fundamentally formative activity.
Don’t Wait for the Teachers
by Casey Chalk
It’s commendable whenever moms and dads act more assertively about what their children see, hear, or read. But as we approach another school year, I’d argue we as parents need to do much more. To put it bluntly, we shouldn’t wait for others, no matter how professional, to intellectually form our kids.
If You Can’t Change Your School, Do These 5 Things Instead
by Jill Simonian
If parents can’t pull their kids from public schools, then it is imperative that they get more involved in their children’s education.
A Latin American Historian’s Musings on Classical Education and Scholarship
by Veronica A. Gutierrez
I am leaving Academia for homeschooling. There. I said it.
Why High School Teachers Need to Teach Liberal Arts
by John Agresto
It’s been my experience that many high school teachers truly love some aspect of the liberal arts. Even more than many university professors, who can sometimes be devoted more to their research projects than to the broad sweep of their field, you are in love with History or Literature, French or Science.
We Need More of that Philosophy Cowbell
by Robert Mixa
I got a fever, and the only prescription is more cowbell—philosophy cowbell, I mean.
Teaching Virtue with Books
by Joseph Woodard
Many parents, ministers, camp councillors, and even school teachers are trying to teach virtue to the young, simply by means of lists and definitions. And surely definitions are useful… eventually. But the primary means by which kids grow in virtue are their models and heroes, seen as whole characters.
Yes, You Need the Liberal Arts
by John Agresto
Liberal education and the liberal arts have fallen on hard times of late. And if we think there’s reason to resuscitate and revive them, and still a window in which to do so, we better not rely on the bromides of the past. The most damaging accusation against a liberal arts education is that it is practically useless, even if morally and spiritually valuable. But that is simply untrue — both for individuals and for society at large.
Inside the first Catholic classical school in Austria
by Leonardo Colon
A Catholic school in Austria is the first in that country to offer a unique, classically-based approach to education for young students.
Classical education charter schools on the rise in Florida
by Katie LaGrone
TAMPA, Fla. — “Yes, the classical academies are flourishing in the state of Florida, we hope to have many more,” Florida Governor Ron DeSantis said during his appearance at a leadership conference in Naples earlier this year.
Classes Begin at Hellenic Classical Charter School in Staten Island
by Michalis Kakias
STATEN ISLAND – With enthusiasm and best wishes for a good and creative year, classes at the Hellenic Classical Charter School in Staten Island began on September 8.
New 'Classical Academy' gears up for alternative STEM and liberal arts curriculum
by Jarrod Clay
A new school is being launched that organizers said will teach virtue as well as a liberal arts curriculum. In the fall of 2023, Columbus Classical Academy will open its doors.
Proposed Wyoming Charter Schools Make Pitch To State, Gov Says Don’t Slam Public Schools
By Clair McFarland
Advocates for two out of the three proposed charter schools hoping to win the State of Wyoming’s approval to operate pitched their plans Tuesday morning to a panel of the state’s top elected officials.