Are you exhausted by the partisan rancor that has engulfed our schools? Do you resent the incessant indoctrination going on in classrooms and wonder what can be done? It begins with recognizing the difference between the symptoms and the disease.

While it is no secret that K-12 education in America …

Do claims of “virtue” come off as insolent and provocative? Do those who talk about virtue seem like self-righteous prudes?

The impression is not entirely unearned. Often those who invoke the moral law take on an air of superiority rather than the introspection that self-awareness demands. In our hypocrisy, we …

Have you ever asked the question, “What philosophy does my child’s school teach?” If not, perhaps this New Year is the perfect occasion to do so. Perhaps, upon reflection, you will conclude that now is the right time to discover anew the old truths that are the foundations of …

Shouldn’t school be fun? Don’t children do better when they are having a good time? Why must an excellent education be difficult? Despite appearances, these are questions of ends, not means—of purpose, not pedagogy.

Struggle is an inherent part of classical education, not gratuitously but teleologically. Students …

Ever wonder why disagreement now seems impossible? Why debate only leads to greater conflict, not greater clarity? It is the inevitable consequence of generations of Americans being taught to seek and to love themselves rather than the truth.

Classical education restores reason to its rightful place in the ordering of …

Believe that “beauty is in the eye of the beholder”? That Notre Dame Cathedral is considered more beautiful than a strip mall only on account of prevailing social norms? That when it comes to matters of aesthetics, “to each his own”?

Classical schools part ways with modern education in their …

What makes a school excellent? It starts with a recognition that equality “has no place in the world of the mind”. Yes, all men are created equal. But their ideas, philosophies, art, literature, governments, cultures are not. Sound pretentious, even anti-democratic? Consider the alternative.

Democratizing knowledge yields not excellence, but …

We're excited to announce that we are officially In Contract!

CCA is currently in contract on a property in the Polaris area north of Columbus. The location is highly accessible, as travel time from virtually all of the major school districts in the Columbus area to the prospective site is …