We often hear from parents who are looking for a school that “shares their values.”  And to be honest, we often represent ourselves that way—as a school community “committed” to a common set of “values” and with shared “desires” for...

Thank you for being here this evening.  And welcome everyone, especially to all of our new families – we are thrilled to have you as part of the CCA community.  It is hard to believe that it is already time...

Classical education, done properly, is about love. It is about teaching our scholars to love the right things, in the right way, and in the right order. Indeed, as Augustine tells us, “it is a brief but true definition of...

Tue 4/30/2024 3:45 PM As we approach the last day of our first year of school at Columbus Classical Academy, it is tempting to reflect on all that we have achieved.  After all, it has not been easy, and much,...

Sometimes just sharing the better words of better writers is the very best we can do.  So, Happy Easter to all: “They took the body down from the cross and one of the few rich men among the first Christians...

That may seem like an odd title for a note in a classical school newsletter.  After all, isn’t classical education concerned with the eternal over the temporal, the lessons of human history more than the political demands of the present? ...

What should a classroom look like?  How should it be arranged?  And what belongs on the walls?  Is it the teacher’s responsibility, or should students have some say in creating the “learning environment” they like best? Many educators today will...

Why are classical schools obsessed with books?  Isn’t a picture worth a thousand words?  And aren’t there advantages to the use of screens, like keeping children engaged? Books are at the foundation of a classical education, not because technology lacks...

Are you inclined to think that the “life of the mind” is for scholars and savants? Have a nagging suspicion that classical education is for the leisure class and the literati, but not for the ordinary, American citizen? Nothing could...

View children as “little angels?” Believe they are naturally good, needing only to be encouraged to grow? This is the false foundation of progressive education—and it has profound implications for self-government. Thinkers like Rousseau, Froebel, and Dewey changed the course...