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Erik Ellis

Erik Ellis, Ph.D., is Assistant Professor of Classical Education at the University of Dallas and a Senior Fellow of the Boethius Institute. His research focuses on the history, philosophy, and practice of education in the Northern Renaissance and the Middle Byzantine Empire. His publications include work on Thomas More, Erasmus, Constantine Porphyrogenitus, St. Maximus the Confessor, and J.R.R. Tolkien.
Socrates

The History of Education in Six Words 

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In recent decades, many have committed themselves to the recovery and practice of classical education. It has until recently been a close-knit affair, but in the last half decade the growth and success of the movement has prompted those outside to ask those inside what, precisely, the thing is.