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On September 16th, 2025, Great Hearts Institute launched ON Classical Education on the Substack platform with the simple goal of creating a place for serious conversation about classical education, its purposes, its practices, its inheritance, and its future. And now, 12 months later, that conversation is still growing. Great Hearts Institute is the think tank of Great Hearts […] Read More »

by Andrew Ellison In Book VIII of the Republic (557c-d), Socrates offers an interesting account of the nature of democracy, characterizing it as the “prettiest” sort of regime, “like a general store”, containing all sorts of interesting wares and multi-colored things to choose from. Fyne knackes for ladies, / cheape, choyce, brave and newe, as […] Read More »

All Great Hearts prep academies in Arizona now take part in the House System to promote school community between grade levels and accelerate school spirit among both the student body  and faculty. This tradition came about through the efforts of the Great Hearts Arizona Prep School Promise, where the high school experience at our classical […] Read More »

For many of us, we vividly remember September 11th, 2001, as the day everything changed. We can still recall exactly where we were when we heard the news that the first tower collapsed 25 years ago. But for our students, 9/11 is a history lesson rather than a memory. At Glendale Prep that moment in history remains close […] Read More »

Dr. Malachy Rodriguez is a middle school music teacher at Lincoln Prep and going on his 13th year with Great Hearts. According to Headmaster Eric Tope, Rodriguez is a hit with students who often affectionately shout out, “Doctor” when they see him in the halls. Rodriguez was born and raised in Texas and lived with […] Read More »