We want a Christian way of life to be restored within our Christian communities. This “pearl of great price” in education is greatly valued for those who understand its potential, but largely unrecognized by those who do not.
Classical Christian schools are not so much about teaching facts and skills as we are about forming the soul. We’re not so much about subject matter as we are about virtue. We’re not so concerned with making a living as we are living for a greater purpose. In all this, Classical Christian educators lean on the words of Christ in speaking of vocation in Matt. 6: “Seek first the Kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.”
Classical Christian education nurtures our youth to transfer a genuine Christian way of life for the next generation of believers—a life marked by a deeper understanding of Christ, His universe, His people, and His Way. It’s time to rethink education. Classical Christian education breaks away to re-establish Christianity as a leading voice in our culture. As you’ll see, the difference can be measured many ways.
As you explore more about classical Christian education, we hope you will join us, support your local school, or start a school.
This unique form of ancient education offers so much more than career readiness. Christian leaders and intellectuals, like G.K. Chesterton, have echoed this point for centuries:
“Education is not a subject, and does not deal in subjects. It is instead a transfer of a way of life.”
by Alane Holm Ars longa; vita brevis. "Art is long, life is brief." This phrase is attributed to the fourth century Roman statesman, Seneca, but it is believed to have originated first with Hippocrates, who spoke to this human dilemma in the opening pages of his...
By Douglas Wilson Read More With usual gusto, Douglas Wilson provides us with the 7 pitfalls Classical Christian schools face. School communities must be ever vigilant of these trends in their own schools. "But neither should a school climb up high on their dignity as...
BY LINDSEY SCHOLL Sometimes it’s as much fun to read about food as it is to eat it. Consider this passage from Dickens’ novel, Pickwick Papers: “Mr. Pickwick found that his three companions had risen and were waiting his arrival to commence breakfast, which was ready...
The Best of Times When in high school English classrooms it is time to read Dickens’ classic A Tale of Two Cities, it truly is the best of times for some who love his wit and memorable characters--and the worst of times for those who just don’t get it. Though not as...
The National ReviewGeorge Leef Entrepreneurship isn’t just for new products; it can also deliver new kinds of education. It’s a darned good thing that we allow that (unlike some “progressive” countries) because American education is notoriously high in cost and low in...
Style: an Expression of Culture We need to be careful what styles and practices embed themselves in our school communities (and home, and church), and therefore in our school culture. Never before has American culture been so distant from Christian culture. Never...
Socratics and Humility And the chief goals of classical Christian education are to instill virtue and a love for God and His Word. But how does one practically instill these intangibles? Classical education employs a method called "socratic seminar" to develop an...
Classical Christian education boasts a seemingly odd canon of subjects and skills when compared to that practiced in modern elementary and high schools, not the least of which is the study of Latin. Parents and students often ask, "Why Latin?" The study of Latin...
A Strange People with A Strange Holiday A Lost Chapter from Herodotus as retold by C.S. LewisAnd beyond this there lies in the ocean, turned towards the west and north, the island of Niatirb which Hecataeus indeed declares to be the same size and shape as Sicily, but...
The Rafiki Foundation, a Florida-based organization dedicated to "training Africans to transform Africa for Christ," has built 10 villages across Africa over the last 30 years, including classical teacher training colleges, classical Christian schools, and orphanages....
Internally Engineered to Withstand External ForcesClick. I joined the Order of the Engineer in college. We wear a simple silver ring on the pinky finger of the writing hand. Every time it lands on something, the click reminds us of a bridge that...
