The classical music tradition in the United States is borrowed from Europe. But few could have anticipated how European it ...

Houston ISD elementary students could encounter Bible stories, historical religious figures, and classical literature side by ...

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The Smithsonian’s Civic Education resource hub offers educators ready-to-use tools and inspiring stories designed to turn civic learning into civic action. Students benefit from guidance that can ...

That's a line from a Yeats' poem, appropriately entitled "A Drinking Song." Love did indeed come "in at the eye" for the distinguished classics scholar Mary Beard. In her new book called, Talking ...

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For her latest book, the popular British scholar Mary Beard gets personal about how she fell for ancient Greece and Rome. By Sarah Ruden Sarah Ruden is a literary translator and cultural historian.

HarperCollins has announced plans to “commemorate the 250th anniversary of American independence” with its new American Classics series, to be published next spring. “From our 50-year relationship ...

Indiana legislators voted to put Plato and Augustine on a college entrance exam — while also voting to eliminate the degree programs in which students study Plato and Augustine. A new standardized ...

In November, 2024, on the day of the U.S. Presidential election, Tim Whitmarsh landed in Beijing, jet-lagged and disoriented. It was the middle of the academic term at the University of Cambridge, ...

For decades, the ACT and the SAT have been the gatekeepers of college admissions, purporting to measure a student's aptitude in core subjects and producing a score that can mold a person's future. Now ...