As many as ten other churches in Wyoming are contemplating starting classical day schools. Classical Lutheran Educators Classical Christian education offers the pursuit of those elements and ideas which are anchored in God and consequently are true, good, and beautiful. Lutheran schools should be all about providing students with skills and resources to grasp such elements and ideas. For Dr. Hein, such an educational model is even more necessary with the advent of postmodernism, with its relativism and erosion of cultural norms and standards. In contrast, classical education emphasizes the liberal arts, which are designed to offer a transcendent perspective of culture, enabling the individual to avoid becoming a slave to culture.
Classical education equips students to learn and thus liberates the learning process.
The trivium is a group of liberating arts that provide the foundation for critical learning, as well as a transcultural perspective. The pedagogical approach of most Lutheran schools has generally been to adopt the current secular educational theories and practices, adding to them the teaching of the Christian faith. Moreover, many of the current educational theories, with their constructivist assumptions, often seem to be failing to educate children with the knowledge and skills they need to know. In search for an education alternative, many Lutherans are rediscovering and updating their own educational heritage.