About this episode

Kathleen O'Toole discusses the importance of classical education and the first volume of James Hankins' textbook series on the Western tradition.

Kathleen O’Toole, associate vice president for K-12 Education at Hillsdale College, is joined by James Hankins to discuss the first volume of his co-authored series of textbooks,  The Golden Thread: A History of the Western Tradition ,  and the importance of classical education. James Hankins is a visiting professor of humanities at the Hamilton School for Classical and Civic Education at the University of Florida. Learn more: https://k12.hillsdale.edu/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Topics covered

• classical education
• Western tradition
• textbooks

Keywords

• Hillsdale College
• K-12 education
• humanities

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