Classical Education Revival

The Revival of Classical Education in a Confused Age

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• Education

Over the past forty years, classical education has risen from near obscurity to become one of the fastest-growing educational movements in the United States. At a time when educational systems are overwhelmed by political agendas, digital distractions, and declining literacy, classical schools have offered a compelling alternative: truth, beauty, goodness—and results.

In the 1980s and 1990s, only a handful of classical schools existed. Today, there are over 500 private classical schools in the U.S., along with a growing number of charter, hybrid, and online models. According to the Association of Classical Christian Schools (ACCS), enrollment in classical schools has increased more than 30% over the past decade, and similar gains have been seen in homeschool and micro-school variations.

Why the surge? Because families are disillusioned with the failures of modern education—standardized testing, fragmented worldviews, and moral ambiguity. Classical education, by contrast, teaches children to think deeply, speak clearly, and live virtuously. It restores the unity of knowledge and trains students to ask questions not just about facts, but about meaning. It teaches them to love what is true and to become who they are meant to be.

But the revival is not merely academic. At Virtualis, we have joined this movement with a vision that goes even further. Through the Vitae Formation Program, we’ve brought the body back into the conversation. Health is not just a side course—it’s a liberal art. Our students learn how to steward their physical lives in service of wisdom and vocation.

And in an age of disembodied digital interaction, where students feel increasingly detached from themselves and the world, this is not optional. It’s essential.

Virtualis is the only classical online school in the world that pairs academic excellence with integrated telemedicine, behavioral support, and vocational training in healthcare and human formation. Through our exclusive partnership with Dr. Dana Rodriguez and her pediatric team, students can receive direct guidance in how to care for their minds, emotions, and bodies—not only as learners, but as future leaders.

Classical education began with the idea that education should form the soul. At Virtualis, we expand that vision to include the whole person—mind, body, and soul—formed for truth, healed through love, and prepared to live well.

In a confused world, this is clarity. In an anxious world, this is formation. And in a fragmented world, this is a revival.

Sources: Heritage Foundation, Discovery Institute