Hillsdale College Revokes Curriculum License to “Classical” School Over Its Objections to Michelangelo’s David


Tallahassee Democrat (Ana Goñi-Lessan) reported yesterday, linking to a Hillsdale press launch:

Hillsdale School is not affiliated with Tallahassee Classical College. Tallahassee Classical beforehand held a license to make use of Hillsdale’s curricular supplies. That license has been revoked and can expire on the finish of the college yr.

Hillsdale School offers a classical scope and sequence to many colleges throughout the nation as a free useful resource. You will need to word that Hillsdale doesn’t advise or practice the lecturers, board members, or college leaders of those curriculum colleges.

Hillsdale’s relations with these colleges are based upon a mutual understanding concerning the goals of training. Schooling is a cooperative endeavor between college students, dad and mom, and lecturers. Discretion, logic, and prudence are important for that endeavor to achieve success.

To set the file straight: This drama round instructing Michelangelo’s “David” sculpture, one of the vital vital artistic endeavors in existence, has turn into a distraction from, and a parody of, the precise goals of classical training. In fact, Hillsdale’s Ok-12 artwork curriculum consists of Michelangelo’s “David” and different artistic endeavors that depict the human type.

For extra, see this earlier weblog publish.