What is American Classical Education?

Classical education is a sound and time-tested means of leading students towards intellectual, moral, and civic virtue.
Grounded in Human Nature

Classical education begins with reflection upon the common humanity of its students. All young people require formation, but they innately represent all the potential that makes human beings so unique and remarkable. They can speak, which means they are both social and capable of knowing. They are possessed of will and are therefore capable of doing good. They wonder, and they are moved by beauty. These common characteristics point to the virtues and vices that are common to all human beings, and classical education leads students to know, practice, and love the virtues.
Real Content

A classical education takes a content-rich approach to the study of important subjects. As students mature in the curriculum, classical education teaches them to ask and venture answers to the big questions, then goes further to consider how those questions might be answered persuasively and beautifully. Classical education regards both the humanities and the sciences as equally important, because wonder about human nature and the natural world is essential to the human condition, and that knowledge of both leads us towards wisdom and happiness.