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CV NEWS FEED // Conservative think tank Heritage Foundation has launched an online database surveying almost 900 classical schools across the United States, aiming to provide parents, teachers, and legislators with information on the trending alternative to public schools.
“Classical education may be ‘old school,’ but its renaissance in the U.S. is among the fastest-growing — and most promising — developments in K–12 education today,” Heritage states on its webpage about the database, adding that it provides a landing page for all those interested in learning more about many of the schools within the revival.
Crystal Kate, senior advisor to Heritage President Kevin Roberts, noted in an April 10 X post that the schools listed “teach actual education — Great Books, Latin, logic, virtue.”
The database includes 894 schools. Users can search schools by state, zip code, grade, operational model, school schedule, and religious affiliation. They can also filter for schools that teach Arabic, Greek, Hebrew, and Latin. Heritage also notes the school’s founding, enrollment, schedule, and curriculum. It details whether the school uses the Socratic Method, requires memory work, or commits to low use of screens in classrooms. Most information in the database comes from the schools’ websites.
Heritage also has a link for feedback and recommending schools the think tank should review.
