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Recommended Reading

The following writings are helpful in understanding Classical education:

  • The Lost Tools of Learning by Dorothy Sayers.  The seminal work on Classical Christian education.
  • Recovering the Lost Tools of Learning by Douglas Wilson
  • The Case for Classical Christian Education by Douglas Wilson
  • Repairing the Ruins  by Douglas Wilson
  • An Introduction to Classical Education: A Guide for Parents by C. A. Perrin (available through NCA office)
  • Wisdom and Eloquence by Robert Littlejohn and Charles T. Evans
  • Norms and Nobility by David Hicks
  • On Christian Teaching by Augustine 
  • The Well-Trained Mind by Susan Wise Bauer and Jesse Wise

Find an extended list of recommended classical reading from ACCS here.

Websites of Classical Organizations:

  • Society for Classical Learning (SCL)
  • CIRCE Institute
  • Association of Classical and Christian Schools (ACCS)

The ACCS also puts out a quarterly magazine of classical discussion called:

Websites of Classical Publishers:

  • Memoria Press
  • Veritas Press
  • Logos Press
  • Well-Trained Mind Press

Other Excellent Writings:

  • The Abolition of Man by C.S. Lewis.  Reflections on education with special reference to the teaching of English in the upper forms of schools.
  • An Apology for Latin and Math, an excellent article on the benefits of Latin and Math studies 
  • What is Classical Rhetoric? 
  • How To Turn Good Readers into Good Writers Too
  • When Children Love to Learn by Elaine Cooper
  • Knowing History and Knowing Who We Are by David McCullough. This is a link to an abridged transcript of remarks delivered on February 15, 2005, in Phoenix, Arizona, at a Hillsdale College National Leadership Seminar on the topic, “American History and America’s Future.”
  • Imprimis the monthly publication from Hillsdale College
  • In Defense of Memorization
  • A Strategy for Christians in a Post-Christian World, an article by Rod Dreher, adapted from his book The Benedict Option: A Strategy for Christians in a Post-Christian Nation

We also encourage you to visit the websites of other classical Christian schools:

  • Logos School in Moscow, Idaho, one of the pioneers of Classical Christian education
  • The Ambrose School in Boise, Idaho
  • Live Oak Classical School in Waco, TX
  • Cary Christian School in Cary, North Carolina
  • Covenant Christian Academy in West Peabody, MA

 

 

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