By Melanie Brintnall and Mike Austin | May 1, 2023 Picture an orchestra. Violinists bow, trumpeters blow, and drummers thump, all contributing their knowledge and skill in accord with the conductor’s lead. When a community of unique individuals shares their gifts under the leadership of a master, a greater good is accomplished than if each... Read More »

By Amy Kass, Ph.D. | December 9, 2022 The Great Hearts Institute is very proud to be the steward of What So Proudly We Hail, an anthology of songs, stories, and poems celebrating the American experience. With the generous support of author Leon Kass (and in honor of his late wife Amy Kass), we are... Read More »

By Nick Hutchison | December 9, 2022 Nick Hutchison was a valued contributor to the National Symposium for Classical Education this past year, and we are very pleased to announce that he will be returning again in 2023. Registration for the 2023 Symposium is now open. For more information, and to register, visit www.classicaleducationsymposium.org. Flying... Read More »

By Robert Lee Frost | December 6, 2022 Others taunt me with having knelt at well-curbs Always wrong to the light, so never seeing Deeper down in the well than where the water Gives me back in a shining surface picture Me myself in the summer heaven godlike Looking out of a wreath of fern... Read More »

By Frederick Turner, Ph.D. | December 6, 2022 Of all the fine arts, poetry is the most difficult to teach. The popular conception of poetry itself, shaped as it was by the modernist rebellion against form, convention, and tradition, deserves much of the blame. Argument and narrative were cast out in favor of the striking... Read More »