Classical Education

For a more in-depth understanding of classical education, we recommend the following books:

• The Liberal Arts Tradition: A Philosophy of Christian Classical Education, Ravi Jain and Kevin Clark (Very difficult, but excellent)
• Abolition of Man, C.S. Lewis
• Simply Classical: A Beautiful Education for Every Child, Cheryl Swope
• Cultural Literacy, E.D. Hirsch
• The Great Tradition, Richard Gamble
• Norms and Nobility, David Hicks
• Something They Will Not Forget, Joshua Gibbs
• The Closing of the American Mind, Allen Bloom
• Why Johnny Can’t Tell Right from Wrong, William Kilpatrick

For a deeper understanding of our culture’s parenting problems that contribute to educational and social problems (for education is deeply related to child-raising), we recommend the following books:

• Ten Ways to Destroy the Imagination of Your Child, Anthony Esolen
• Amusing Ourselves to Death, Neil Postman
• The Hurried Child, David Elkind
• Free-Range Kids, Lenore Skenazy