Stoke the Fire for America’s 250th

In this coming year, as we mark the 250th anniversary of the United States of America, we should all be encouraged that the classical education movement is well positioned to lead a celebration of America’s remarkable achievement. I don’t mean that our schools should hold parades and set off fireworks. There will be plenty of that from other corners, and we should embrace it. Classical academies, however, should lead this coming year from their exceptional strength: we should lead from within. Given what others have done before us over the course of our history, we should resolve to stoke the fire of interior freedom, for freedom is the very purpose of genuine education and the surest foundation of the life of freedom we share in America.