Classical Education News & Articles | July 2023
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.
Sheeple in Leaders’ Clothing
by Clifford Humphrey
Modern “leadership” is a poor substitution for true statesmanship.
A Time for Greatness, Courage, and Moderation
by Daniel J. Mahoney
Our dark hour calls for a recovery of the statesman’s virtues.
The Spiritedness of 1776
by Pavlos Papadopoulos
America is much more than merely “an idea”—but unless we recover that idea and an attachment to it, we cannot recover ourselves.
Children Have a Right to Classical Education
by Kevin D. Roberts
After decades of mediocre results and skyrocketing spending in American education—lately compounded by unscientific Covid school closures and politicized classrooms—parents, taxpayers, and policymakers have had enough.
Anti-charter school activists could learn from Orwell
by Kathleen O’Toole
It is no disrespect to Orwell to wish reporting on education would resemble his satire less, and reality more.
Old and New
by Glenn Arbery
Classical schools honor the old. Reading and discussing a great work in high school give the mind a preparatory receptivity until greater experience can broaden and deepen the field of reference, at which time studying the same work in college can be an experience formative for life.
The Importance of a Classical Education
by Kevin Donnelly
As Campion College in Sydney is one of the few tertiary institutions dedicated to the liberal arts it should not surprise it was chosen as the location for a recent seminar dedicated to exploring the nature and importance of a classical school education.
American Wokeness Invades Britain’s Schools
by Tunku Varadarajan
Katharine Birbalsingh, principal of a ‘free school,’ says identity politics makes it hard to educate minority youths.
Let Them Be Born in Wonder
by Fr. Francis Bethel
How the brief life of a storied liberal arts program changed lives the world over.
Christians and the Classics
by Paul Krause
Classical education and engagement with the classics are experiencing a renaissance, principally in Christian circles. As such, we must inevitably ask: what do ancient books give us?
The Two Canons: The Biblical Books and the Great Books
by Christopher Perrin
How Do We Know What Is Scripture or What Makes a Book Truly Great?
Why We Should Read Great Books
by Christian Alejandro Gonzalez
There are a certain number of deep, difficult, and important questions that arise inevitably out of the human experience, and these generally are the sorts of questions the classics sought to answer.
The Retrieval of the Core Curriculum
by J. Matthew Pinson
Traditionally, colleges and universities had core curricula for general education.
Survival Among the Cyborgs
by Patrick Whalen
Philosophy, the body, and cyborgs in education today
Why Civics Test Scores are Falling in American Schools
by Bethany Mandel
For the next generation, history isn’t being rewritten. It’s being intentionally obscured.
Florida Is Embracing an ‘Alternative’ Standardized Test. Will Other States Follow?
by Tom Bartlett
Jeremy Tate doesn’t wish to merely compete with the SAT. Instead he wants to replace the College Board and thereby, as he put it recently, “reclaim education rooted in truth, goodness, and beauty.”
Oklahoma’s Catholic Charter School Passes Constitutional Muster
by Richard Garnett
The Supreme Court has made clear that governments may not discriminate against religious institutions that are otherwise eligible for public benefits and contracts.
Wrestling with Classical Education
by Kate Deddens
What is classical education? Who has the authority to define it and categorize it? What is its purpose and what should its outcomes look like?
Why We Need the Liberal Arts
by Wilfred McClay
John Agresto’s new book reminds us of an essential truth.
Some Universities Care about Free Speech . . . Until They Don’t
by Ann Atkinson
Arizona State University’s commitment to free speech didn’t survive contact with a campus controversy, illuminating the challenges true campus intellectual diversity faces today.