Classical Commons

Connecting classical schools, teachers, and families with resources to advance classical liberal arts education in the 21st century.

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Welcome to Classical Commons!

Are you a classical school administrator? Check out our talent pool to hire mission-aligned teachers.

Want to teach? 1 application with us gets you seen by 100+ schools.

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What do C.S. Lewis, fairy tales, and the medieval imagination have to teach us today?

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Find Your Place in Classical Education

Classical schools are searching for passionate educators who bring wisdom, depth, and excellence to the classroom. Classical Commons connects talented teachers with schools that share their vision for meaningful education.

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Burned out by constant testing and rigid scripts? There’s another way to teach. Rethink Teaching at https://t.co/IPsSOZGDbO

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The Federalist Papers are more than political essays—they are exercises in serious civic reasoning.

Hamilton, Madison, and Jay believed citizens could be persuaded through careful argument and reflection. 📖

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Civilizations are renewed when people choose to preserve and pass on what is good.

“Repairing the Ruins” reflects on education, formation, and the quiet work of cultural renewal. 📚✨

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✍️ In an age of screens and keyboards, handwriting is far from obsolete. This article argues that the physical act of writing by hand engages multiple senses, strengthens memory, and unlocks higher-level thinking.

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Marketing can attract attention.
Only mission sustains a college.

A reflection on why clarity of purpose matters more than branding in higher education.

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Memorization isn’t mere repetition—it’s formation.

When students carry great words within them, those words begin to shape how they think and speak. 📖✨

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If we lose sight of what it means to be human, we lose sight of what education is for.

A renewed humanism invites us back to purpose, dignity, and truth. 📖✨

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Classical education invites students into a way of learning that shapes how they think, speak, and engage the world. Through grammar, logic, and rhetoric, students are formed not just to know, but to understand—and to pursue what is true, good, and beautiful.

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Classical education isn’t about going backward—it’s about recovering how to think well.

Grammar, logic, and rhetoric form students who can speak clearly, reason carefully, and pursue truth. 📖✨

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🎶 “Poetry should be a public art.”

More than 30 years ago, Dana Gioia urged us to “mix poetry with the other arts—especially music.” Now, composer Eric Whitacre is doing just that with Robert Frost’s “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening.”

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Are you a teacher passionate about classical education? Classical Commons connects skilled educators like you with institutions seeking high-quality, meaningful instruction.

📖 Teach subjects you love.
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Theologian, medievalist, musician, and storyteller Junius Johnson joins us to share how Lewis and the medievals shaped his vocation—and why recovering this vision matters for classical education now.

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“If we wish to avoid the culture of death … we need to invite Socrates, Plato and Aristotle into our classrooms and into our lives and our libraries.” — Joseph Pearce 

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🎙️ Why do the classics still matter?
Classicist and Cost of Glory host Alex Petkas joins us to explore how ancient heroes can still shape modern lives.

Don’t miss this one.
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