Of the People, By the People, For the People
Of the People, By the People, For the People In the summer of 1787, the very future of the country was hanging in the balance. It had been widely accepted that the Articles of Confederation approved a decade earlier were insufficient as governing principles for the American experiment. Delegates from every state gathered in... Read More »
Jessica Hooten Wilson to Deliver Keynote at National Symposium for Classical Education
Jessica Hooten Wilson, the Fletcher Jones Chair of Great Books at Pepperdine University, will deliver a keynote address at the upcoming 2025 National Symposium for Classical Education, Hooten Wilson will complement the central theme of “Cultivating Wonder” with her talk, “Witness and Wonder.” In this address, she will explore Socrates’ pursuit of justice and how it... Read More »
Sir Jonathan Bate Announced as Keynote Speaker at the 2025 National Symposium for Classical Education
The 2025 National Symposium for Classical Education, set to take place at the Mission Palms Hotel in Tempe, Arizona, February 19-21, 2025, promises to be an inspiring event for educators and enthusiasts of classical education. The Symposium is the annual flagship event of the Great Hearts Institute, which is dedicated to renewing the tradition of classical education by directly... Read More »
Happy Constitution Day from Great Hearts
Today, we celebrate Constitution Day to commemorate the formation and signing of the U.S. Constitution. On September 17, 1787, the delegates to the Constitutional Convention met for the last time to sign the document they had created. The U.S. Constitution and its preamble are just a sample of the many important historical documents that our... Read More »
Explore the Constitution at Great Hearts Constitution Day
Each year on Constitution Day, we pause to reflect on the document that serves as the foundation of American democracy. Constitution Day commemorates the formation and signing of the U.S. Constitution by thirty-nine courageous men on September 17, 1787. This year, the Great Hearts Institute is honored to invite the community to its inaugural Constitution Day Address, a free event designed... Read More »