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 Hannah Grieser He shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, That brings forth its fruit in its season, Whose leaf also shall not wither; And whatever he does shall prosper. —Psalm 1:3 As I write this, harvest season has begun in the fields, and...
We hear many stories like this in conversations around the country. One person took time to write directly to an ACCS Member School. I recently had the pleasure to meet one of your students, Rachel (a sophomore), while on a flight. She was traveling alone, and my...
The process of choosing a college major is not unlike competing in a “Choose Your Own Adventure” game, which soon results in running the gauntlet of college requirements. The Tetris-like sport of rightly timed classes ensues, and only the fittest survive the natural...
Associates for Biblical Research Mr. John Mark Niehls, headmaster of ACCS member Coventry Christian Schools in Pottstown, PA, explains the "Gospel-centered and time tested alternative: Classical Christian Education." To say that western society is destroying itself...
"For though we walk in the flesh,we do not war according to the flesh.For the weapons of our warfare arenot carnal but mighty in God for pull-ing down strongholds, casting downarguments and every high thing thatexalts itself against the knowledge ofGod, bringing every...
... besides plungers and flannelgraph.As I passed by the flannel art “God is love” in the narrow corridor of a church basement somewhere in Kentucky, the scene was familiar. I grew up in a church like this. Along with the musty smells, unremodeled bathrooms, and low...
By Glenn Arbery The Imaginative Conservative Many educators today have fostered a false enlightenment, a so-called “wokeness,” that actually closes off inquiry and darkens the mind. But surely a recognition of this spiritual destitution will convince more and more...
Have questions about classical Christian education? We are here to help! Ask here. Q: “I’ve heard classical education is unnecessarily difficult or harsh. Won’t my child be stressed out?” A: Children enjoy learning. They are wired for it. Assuming that children will...
Read more: Why do we study the Greeks so much? ~by Louis Markos By Elise Goodwin Greek Words We Have No Translation For We can’t go back to ancient Greece, but occasionally we can find small windows into their world by looking at their language. Their words tell us...
Giving hope to discouraged parents "My praying with them at home and taking them to church is not enough to compete with what is happening to them at school. I’m not going to win." BY MANDI GERTH Recently, scanning the middle grade fiction section at the library with...
ACT scores have dropped to their lowest point in 30 years according to AP News, based on a recent report from the ACT. According to AP News: The class of 2022′s average ACT composite score was 19.8 out of 36, marking the first time since 1991 that the average score...
By: Katie Schuermann The Federalist Recently, The Federalist reprinted an excerpt from Consortium for Classical Lutheran Education 2022 Conference. So many of these students grew up reading, hearing, watching, and absorbing stories that assert they are omniscient,...
