By Andrew J. Zwerneman | November 29, 2022 A culture consists of all those activities and artifacts which are organized by the “common pursuit of true judgment” as T.S. Eliot once put it. And true judgment involves the search for meaning through the reflective encounter with things made, composed, and written. Knowing what to do... Read More »

By Robert L. Jackson, Ph.D. | November 28, 2022 Earlier this spring, the Great Hearts Institute played host to a bevy of scholars, artists, teachers, and school leaders. All were gathered in Phoenix for the 4th Annual National Symposium for Classical Education. In the ballroom, meeting rooms, and hallways of the Phoenix Convention Center, we... Read More »

By Cheryl Miller | September 16, 2022 Amy A. Kass (1940–2015) was born on Constitution Day, a fitting coincidence given the life she would lead. At the University of Chicago, where she taught for 34 years, she co-founded a yearlong common core seminar devoted to human and civic excellence with her husband and colleague, Leon... Read More »

By Robert L. Jackson, Ph.D. | September 1, 2022 More than 80 years ago, W.H. Auden set verse to his grief over one of the darkest days in modern Western history: “September 1, 1939,” the day Germany invaded Poland. A coordinated Soviet attack followed two weeks later, and Europe slid rapidly into World War II.... Read More »

By Kent Anhari | August 30, 2022 In this inaugural episode of the VIRTUE Podcast, brought to you by the Great Hearts Institute, Dr. Robert L. Jackson talks to Andrew Zwerneman of Cana Academy—Master Teacher, advocate for classical education, and beautiful soul—about his new book, “The Life We Live Together.” Rob and Andrew discuss the... Read More »