Something Bigger Than Myself
In Sarah’s words, her teachers taught her “how to know what’s right and how to do what’s right.” That is what we mean when we say a classical education prepares young people for real life.
The Humanitas Forum
Think Clearly About Classical Education
If you’re exploring classical education, you likely have real questions. Is it rigorous? Is it relevant? Is it truly formative?
Our Featured Authors
Dr. Christopher Perrin
Editor
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Christopher Perrin is the CEO at Classical Academic Press and the Director of Strategic Content for the Humanitas Institute.
Dr. Kevin Clark
Contributing Writer
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Kevin is the founder of Ecclesial Schools Initiative and the co-author of The Liberal Arts Tradition.
Dr. David Diener
Contributing Writer
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David Diener is a professor of the history and philosophy of education at Hillsdale College.
Christine Perrin
Podcast Host and Contributing Writer
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Christine Perrin is a literature professor, writer, poet, and podcast host.
After teaching literature full-time at Messiah University for almost 20 years, Christine arranges her time to write, teach in Italy, and host the Composed Podcast. Christine is a graduate of Johns Hopkins University (BA in Writing Seminars) and the University of Maryland (MFA in Poetry).
Christopher Hall
Contributing Writer
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Christopher Hall is the founder of AlwaysLearningEducation.net and the author of Common Arts Education.
John D. Mays
Contributing Writer
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John Mays is and author and the founder of Novare Science and Centripetal Science curriculum.
Dr. Andrew Selby
Contributing Writer
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Andrew is an upper school humanities educator at Trinity Classical Academy in Valencia, CA.
Greg Wilbur
Contributing Writer
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Greg is the founding President and now the Senior Fellow at New College Franklin, TN.
Dr. Jessica Hooten Wilson
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Jessica is a professor of literature and Great Books at Pepperdine University.
Articles
Teaching Children the Fruit of Longsuffering
A new generation of parents has arrived, people who love their children more visibly, more anxiously, and more attentively than perhaps any generation before them.
What Does Athens Have to Do with Abuja?
Classical Christian education in Africa is not a cultural import or a luxury reserved for the materially secure.
What's in a Word?
What does it mean to be human?
The Lost Practice of Reading
We have a problem with reading in the 21st century.
Poetry Is for You
Poetry is humanity's essential inheritance—a discipline that awakens us to full awareness and connects us across time.
Why the Study of Music Can Be far More than We Imagine
Modern music education focuses narrowly on instrumental performance, composer biographies, and concert-hall repertoire from the past 300 years—treating music as extracurricular refinement or a tool for boosting test scores.
Friction, Fire, and the Forgotten Education of the Hands
Recovering the Common Arts
From Factories to Flourishing
What We Can Learn from the Ancients about Education
On Becoming a Deep Person
Dr. Andrew Selby reflects on the kind of “deep people” who bring wisdom, stability, and calm during times of crisis, arguing that true depth comes from the combination of knowledge, understanding, and practiced wisdom.
How Logic Changed My Marriage
What if the key to healthier marriages, wiser parenting, and more meaningful conversations isn’t stronger emotion, but clearer reasoning?