Classical Education

Founders provides a classical education to its students. What exactly is classical education? In a nutshell, it is an education that is characterized by a traditional liberal arts and sciences curriculum and pedagogy, and an orientation towards truth, beauty, and goodness that aims to cultivate wise and virtuous citizens. Classical education is the same course of study that propelled Western Civilization upward in its civic institutions, personal liberty, philanthropy, economic enterprise, technological innovation, and relative safety and security. It is rooted in an approach that goes back to ancient Greece and Rome and developed over a long period of time in the West.

Recommended Books

• Climbing Parnassus, Tracy Lee Simmons
• Tending the Heart of Virtue, Vigen Guroian
• Why Don’t Students Like School?, Daniel Willingham
• The Art of Teaching, Gilbert Highet
• The Abolition of Man, C.S. Lewis
• Cultural Literacy, E.D. Hirsch
• The Idea of a University, John Henry Newman
• The Making of Americans: Democracy and Our Schools, E.D. Hirsch

Recommended Articles

• A Classical Education for Modern Times, Terrence Moore, Headmaster at Atlanta Classical Academy
• A Classical Education: Back to the Future, Stanley Fish, Professor of Humanities and Law at Florida International University
• The Benefits of a Classical Education, Tim O’Reilly, Founder and CEO of O’Reilly Media Inc
• Silicon Valley Needs Humanities Students, Vivek Wadhwa, Fellow at the Rock Center for Corporate Governance
• Why I Teach Plato to Plumbers, Scott Samuelson, Associate Professor at Kirkwood Community College
• Classical Education: The Oldest Ideas for the Youngest Minds, Jason Caros, Headmaster at Founders Classical Academy of Lewisville
• The Missing Link in Reading Comprehension and Academic Achievement, Jason Caros, Headmaster at Founders Classical Academy of Lewisville