Classical Education News & Articles | March 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.
Hillsdale Schools Columbia
By William McGurn | Wall Street Journal
The tiny college has much to teach the Ivy League about how to stand up for values.
By Forcing Columbia’s Surrender, Trump is Saving Education
By Jonathan S. Tobin | Jewish News Syndicate
The president achieved the seemingly impossible goal of undoing the woke grip on schools that is destroying American society. And it was easier than anyone thought.
Exporting the Columbia Prototype
By Christopher F. Rufo | City Journal
The Trump administration should leverage its successful approach to the troubled Ivy League university to fight anti-Semitism and racialism elsewhere.
Trump’s Ultimatum to Columbia University Was Deserved
By Noah Rothman | National Review
Ensuring that the country’s campuses protect the rights of all their students is of vital importance.
K-12 Is Getting More Woke, Not Less
By David Bernstein | RealClear Education
We cannot declare this radical ideology dead until our children are safe and receiving an education that prepares them for the future.
The Upstart 'Classic Learning Test' Gets a Testy Welcome From the SAT
By Vince Bielski | RealClear Investigations
A lobbyist for the College Board delivered a sharp warning to William Slater last month. She was not happy that the Tennessee Republican lawmaker had recently introduced a bill to allow the state’s public universities to accept the Classic Learning Test, an upstart competitor to the College Board’s famed SAT, as an admissions exam.
The Service Academies Should Adopt the Classic Learning Test
By George Leef | National Review
A major part of President Trump’s agenda is to reverse the leftist infiltration of the military. That includes cleansing the service academies of DEI.
U.S. Military Academies Should Adopt the CLT
By Jeremy Tate | James G. Martin Center
The Classic Learning Test isn’t value-neutral. Neither are the armed forces.
Classical Christian Education Has A Box-Checking Problem
By Joshua Gibbs | CiRCE Institute
This movement is growing so fast that many schools are now started by young, hungry go-getters who are so desperate for guidance that they’ll listen to any mildly assertive individual who speaks confidently about “what my classical school is doing.”
“The Lost Tools of Learning” and Dorothy L. Sayers as a Moral Apologist
By Josh Herring | An Unexpected Journal
I find myself in a complicated relationship with Dorothy L. Sayers.
Catholic Schools Can’t Compete
By Dougherty, Miller, and Yoon | Education Next
Tuition-free charter schools dominate school choice.
Texas ‘school choice’ legislation could trigger influx of students to Catholic schools
By María J. Moriarty | Catholic News Agency
A $1 billion “school choice” proposal moving through the Texas Legislature could dramatically expand private education and home schooling in the country’s second most populous state, winning praise from Catholic leaders while raising concerns among some public school advocates.
Texas ‘school choice’ legislation could trigger influx of students to Catholic schools
By María J. Moriarty | Catholic News Agency
A $1 billion “school choice” proposal moving through the Texas Legislature could dramatically expand private education and home schooling in the country’s second most populous state, winning praise from Catholic leaders while raising concerns among some public school advocates.
Is Classical Education the Key to Reviving the West?
By Katharine Birbalsingh and Eric Metaxas | Socrates in the City
Headmaster of Michaela school, Katherine Birbalsingh sits down with host Eric Metaxas to discuss the challenges of speaking about the deficiencies in the UK school system and how it led her to begin her school and initiate a reform of Classical Education against the ‘soft bigotry of low expectations’.
Why Parents of ‘Twice-Exceptional’ Children Choose Homeschool Over Public School
By Rachael Cody | The 74
In one survey, parents shared that they chose homeschooling because they have a child with physical or mental health problems or other special needs.
Utah Passes Historic Bill Installing ‘Western Great Books’ At All State Universities
By Joy Pullmann | The Federalist
Utah’s legislature and governor laid groundwork for major higher education improvements that give Florida a run for its money.
The Perpetual Martyrdom of the Classical Educator
By Jeremiah Mavrogeorge | The Classical Teaching Institute
The educator is a lightning rod for praise and criticism.
How Humanities Professors Got Marginalized
By Mark Bauerlein | James G. Martin Center
English profs were too grand to cater to democratic tastes. Now it’s too late.
Blueprint for Reform: Teacher Preparation
By Shannon Watkins | James G. Martin Center
Teachers who receive an impoverished education can only pass on an impoverished education.
American Education's Need for a New Founding
By Tal Fortgang | Civitas Institute
Education in America must build upon rather than break with the institutions and traditions that precede us.
Civics Needs Pluralism
By Thomas Kelly | RealClear Education
Whether one favors traditional public schools or not, those of us doing civics reform must recognize that we are not living in the 1960s anymore, or even the 2010s.