What Is Classical Education?

At Classical Commons, we want to keep the perennial questions in front of us, since they have the habit of rewarding those who genuinely seek understanding. Definitions are important, so the question “What is classical education?” deserves an honest answer (or two) from the contemporary field. 

We have located two recent responses in two different modalities, so choose to read or list (or view), as you prefer. Both pieces outline the essential lineaments of classical education today: first, a short take by Keri D. Ingram of The Discovery Institute, and then a video-lecture by the founder of Memoria Academy, Martin Cothran.

Further Reading

From across the pond, Joe Nutt pushes back on the role tech firms play in setting the rules for education...

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Anne-Christine Hoff provides a legal analysis of Texas’s Bluebonnet curriculum initiative in The American Thinker (December 15, 2024)....

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The University of Tulsa announces a new major in humane letters (December 5, 2024)....

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Robert L. Jackson

For 25 years, Dr. Jackson has promoted liberal education through teaching, scholarship, and administrative activities. He began as a professor of English and education, then worked as chief academic officer at Great Hearts, where he founded the GH Institute. He has received teaching awards from Florida State University and The King’s College, and was the 2021 recipient of the Salvatori Prize for American Citizenship. Currently, Dr. Jackson serves as senior fellow for both Flagler College and the Chesterton Schools Network. He is also associate editor for Principia journal. Rob enjoys convivial conversations, his latest literary discovery, and cruising around town on the cycle.