What Is the Future of Classical Education?

Classical education is on the cusp of going mainstream, but in that growth lies a danger. Wilson wants a conservative version of identity politics, arguing that reading lists should include minority voices, primarily women and black authors. She writes, “When choosing reading lists for students, do we ignore the works by Middle Eastern writers or Native American and African folktales? Or do we include them, as well as highlight the Ethiopians in Herodotus, read the Epic of Gilgamesh, and include the Egyptian Book of the Dead?” Wilson’s questions detract from the universality of the great books, focusing instead on representational factors. By opening the term “classical education” to include diversity of representation as a goal, which Wilson and Anika Prather both do (for Prather, see here, here, and here), Tate includes people advocating for the same principles that led to acceptance of woke ideology in education.