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How Classical Christian Education Can Save America

David Godwin’s new book ‘Forging the American Mind,’ ably explains how faith, virtue, and excellence can be the heart of K-12 education.

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September 28, 2026

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How Classical Christian Education Can Save America

The Federalist • Louis Markos

What if the deepest purpose of education is not simply to prepare children for tests or careers, but to form the kind of people they become? Through David Goodwin’s Forging the American Mind, this piece explores how classical Christian education seeks to unite knowledge with wisdom, virtue, faith, beauty, and moral agency. It is offering families a compelling vision of what a graduate, and an education, can be.

Louis Markos photo

Louis Markos

The Federalist