Classical Education News & Articles | February 2025
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.
Defense Department Runs Kindergartens?
By David Goodwin | Washington Times
With less than a week on the job, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has just been directed by President Donald Trump to pursue school choice, an issue that seems far outside the traditional purview of the Department of Defense (DOD).
How DOGE Could Take Down the Department of Education
By Christopher F. Rufo | City Journal
Its initial strikes could be the start of a broader fight.
Satisfaction With U.S. Public Education Reaches Record Low in New Gallup Survey
By Lauren Wagner | The 74
The poll, which has been published since 2001, found that 73% of 1,005 respondents were dissatisfied with the public schools. In 2001, it was 57%
Notre Dame Undermines Catholic Mission In Pursuit Of DEI
By Breccan F. Thies | The Federalist
Notre Dame faculty conflated the goals of DEI with Catholic social teaching, doubling down on its diversity push in the days before Trump’s inauguration.
How American Educators Are Conning Kids
By Frannie Block | The Free Press
As U.S. students keep falling behind, educators keep lowering standards. ‘It’s like telling everyone they’re a great swimmer when you know half of us are drowning.’
Classical Education Makes a Comeback
By Robert P. George | The American Enterprise
Great books, civic thought, and classical wisdom are reviving American education
These Three Schools Are Preparing Teachers For Classical Education
By Michael McShane | Forbes
If classical education is going to continue to grow, it will need teachers.
Reconsidering the Faculty Hiring Crisis
By Erik Twist | CiRCE Institute
With demand for classical education on the rise, questions of supply have never been more pressing.
Musings on Classical Schools and the Teacher Shortage
By Sean Hadley | CiRCE Institute
There has been much talk of late about the hiring problems of classical Christian schools.
The Concept of a ‘Liberal Education’ Has a 2,500-Year-Old Past, But Does It Have a Future?
By Nicholas Tate | The Hungarian Conservative
Politically, however, it is not impossible for a state to decide that it would be better, both for children and for the country, to give schools freedom to develop educational approaches that follow liberal education principles, whether within the state system or outside it, especially if evidence can be gathered to show the beneficial effects it is having.
Catholic Liberal Education: Rediscovering the Church’s Educational Tradition
By Emily Kwilinski | National Catholic Register
The curriculum’s interest has extended to primary and secondary schools.
Christian Halls: The Next American Renaissance?
By Joseph Woodard | The Imaginative Conservative
How can Christian young adults receive a superior academic, professional, or technical education, nurturing their organic human formation and community engagement, and do it affordably at home, whether in Jackson, Springhill, or Meridian?
Religion, Education, and Colonial Liberty
By Joshua Herring | Liberty Fund
The last century has seen American education hollowing itself out. Embracing the principles, methods, and content-neutrality of John Dewey has been a mistake.
Inside the school where five-year-olds learn to think like Socrates
By Charlotte McDonald-Gibson | The Times
Great Hearts academies put a premium on classical education for children regardless of income or background. Critics see a right-wing plot to indoctrinate
Sparta's Splendid Isolationism
By Scott Yenor | Law & Liberty
Sparta drew back from pursuing a wider empire, for fear that what it took to build an empire would undermine its unique constitution.
The Price of Mass Amusement
By Andrew Trousdale | After Babel
Prescient warnings from Neil Postman about the tradeoffs we make with new technologies.
The Real Reason Young People Are Anxious
By Emily Finley | WSJ
Technology is merely a symptom. The problem is the romantic corruption of imagination, and the solution lies in classic books and art.
University of Florida launches Jewish classical education program
By Caden DeLisa | The Capitolist
The University of Florida’s Hamilton Center for Classical and Civic Education announced on Wednesday the launch of the Robert M. Beren Program on Jewish Classical Education, an academic initiative focused on the role of Jewish thought in Western and American civilization.