Classical Christian Education "In the News"

Reintroduced in the 80s, classical education has seen a steady but slow increase in popularity. The grassroots effort to find a way for education to return to being beautiful and good (and true) is now a few decades old and it found its way to a father named Pete Hegseth. Pete also happens to be a correspondent for FOX News.

This blog is not a political statement for or against a news organization. All modern media is guilty of yellow journalism and inflammatory language, so when I first heard about the January release of a mini-series called the “Miseducation of America,” I was skeptical. While there was plenty of dramatic background music, and it is written quite like a propaganda piece, Mr. David Goodwin (president of the Association of Classical Christian Schools) was steady and sincere. He spoke words of truth with historical context and without any degradation of others.

It is not impossible to believe God can use a secular news organization to proliferate His good and pleasing will. The best example of this is when Nehemiah requested financial support from a pagan king, King Artaxerxes, to rebuild the wall for Jerusalem - a symbol of God’s protection and desire for His people to return and continue to grow.

Who are we to think God cannot do the same for us? To use a media mogul to point Christian families back to the protective walls that is classical Christian education? May God’s people see the “Nehemiah’s” who are working to create a place for His people to return, grow, and multiply!

With this preface, I want to encourage you to watch “The Miseducation of America”, to read a new book co-authored by Pete Hegseth and David Goodwin called “Battle for the American Mind: Uprooting a Century of Miseducation,” and to watch their interview on Fox and Friends (https://www.foxnews.com/media/hegseth-details-progressives-destruction-education-book-fox-nation).

“Sunday morning (June 12) Fox and Friends Weekend featured the book, but of more interest, it featured three students, one each from Veritas Academy in Lancaster, PA, one from Philadelphia Classical School, and one from Grace Christian Academy on Long Island. Nothing tells the story of classical Christian education better than our students.” (Goodwin) https://video.foxnews.com/v/6307651878112#sp=show-clips

David Goodwin sent an email to ACCS schools letting us know there will be an increase in interest for classical schools. He documented how the January release of the miniseries spiked “visits to classicalchristian.org from our average of 2000 per day to over 20,000 per day on the days around the release. The majority of those visitors went directly to our “Find a school” service, which directs an average of 300 school-seekers each year to each school.”

Your friends will begin to seek information from you about classical schools. Legacy Classical Christian Academy is ready to answer their questions. If they cannot participate in a University-Model program, there are other local 5-day Classical schools we can refer them to.

I am including the following links as references for you.

classicaldifference.org– A resource to parents “about classical Christian education.” It directs people to resources, including the two links below.

Battlefortheamericanmind.com– This is the site for the book, it will be updated with coming events as much as possible.

Miseducationofamerica.com is a good site to refer to the documentary and it is still available on FOX Nation. Parents, there is a need for classical Christian education.

davidgoodwin.substack.com – This is where David Goodwin will post ongoing news related to the documentary, book, and mostly classical Christian education. Subscribe if you wish.

https://twitter.com/A_C_C_S – Follow the ACCS on twitter, where ACCS tries to keep everyone up to date on media releases in the coming week. @A_C_C_S

https://twitter.com/goodwind67 – Follow David Goodwin directly on twitter to find out where and what I’m up to in the media, etc. @goodwind67

https://twitter.com/legacyclassical - Follow LCCA on Twitter.