Why Give a Classical Education at Home?
By Harvey & Laurie Bluedorn Printed in PHS #26, 1998. If you want your children to have a good classical education, isn’t your best option a good classical Christian school? Why would any parent choose homeschooling over a private classical school? This question is especially timely. Classical education is becoming more popular, and dozens of classical Christian schools have popped up all over the country, drawing many students out of homeschooling. There are three reasons why we believe that parents need not abandon homeschooling in order to pursue a classical education. Academics Some homeschool parents have the attitude, “We can’t do the classical approach. We have to leave that to the experts.” They unknowingly throw out one of the many strong arguments for homeschooling: private tutoring is much more effective than classroom teaching. Is there something about classical education which nullifies this argument? Is classical homeschooling not practical? In the past, private tutoring
