How is classical education different from “regular” education?
The question is wrong-headed. The question should be “Why is modern education different from traditional education?” That can be answered easily. Modern educational methods and models have strayed from the time-tested strength of the classical curriculum and paradigm. Yes, classical education is rigorous and demanding, but this approach empowers the student of any learning style with what Oxford scholar Dorothy Sayers called the “Lost Tools of Learning.” Contrary to modern developmental psychology, most classical schools will attest to the observations Miss Sayers has made: children are “wired” developmentally to learn in this fashion. Follow this link, Classical Education, for a breakdown of the classical educational philosophy. Modern education has produced what C.S. Lewis called “men without chests.” We have lost our boundaries and “character education” will not help. Without God, there is no character. Progressive education despises the fact that it is the Christian religion that f
