How Do We Teach Beauty?

When the subject of Chesterton Academy comes up, as it often seems to do when I am talking to people, I am asked about what is distinctive about a “classical”

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Why Catholic Schools Matter

At the beginning of February, the Church in the United States celebrates Catholic Schools Week. I would like to take this opportunity to sing the praises of Catholic schools

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Answering 8 Objections to Classical Education

Plato said a lot of foolish things in his Republic about an ideally just society, but one very central thing that he said in that work was not

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The Purpose of Education

Consider the following: 1. It is no part of the normal function of the State to teach.2. The State is entitled to see that citizens receive due education

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An Affordable Education: Keeping Tuition Low

Because we seek to transform our culture, from the beginning one of the great principles of Chesterton Academy has been a commitment to thrift. Our dream is a

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Laying the Foundations of Virtue: The House System at Chesterton

Chesterton Academy’s House system is drawn from the 1,000 year-old tradition of Christian education exemplified in the colleges at Oxford and Cambridge. The Houses provide real, tangible community

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