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Spreading Hope Network

This week, we are featuring a school from the Minnesota that has launched a mission of hope for a growing national audience. Hope Academy, founded in 2000, has been faithfully serving families in the low-income Phillips Neighborhood of Minneapolis for a quarter century—and they are garnering attention from others who want to do the same in their home cities.

Eight years ago, after many requests for help from other communities, Russ Gregg and his team opened the Spreading Hope Network, to serve as an incubator to launch urban Christian classical schools. Today, the network is helping to plant and strengthen hope-spreading schools in the urban centers of 20 cities across the country. Next week, we will premier our podcast interview with Russ Gregg.

In the meantime, read Russ’ educational manifesto here, and discover how other schools, like Kenosha Christian Academy, are taking up the challenge of Spreading Hope.

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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.