Simply Classical: A Beautiful Education for Any Child
Cheryl Swope's new book is perhaps the best story of classical education  ever written. This book will take classical education from the perceived ivory towers of academia into the real lives of all people, especially those uniquely blessed with learning disabilities. Here is classical education at its very best, an education that nurtures each soul on purity, truth, and beauty.-Rev. J. Bart Day,Executive Director of National Mission, Lutheran Church - Missouri SynodSimply Classical: A Beautiful Education for AnyChildgives a clear and practical introduction to Classical Christian education and its significance for children with significant physical and cognitive disabilities from Helen Keller to her own daughter, Michelle. The reader will be excited by the ideas and deeply moved by her story.-Dr. E. Christian Kopff,University of Colorado - Boulder, Author of The Devil Knows Latin: Why America Needs the Classical TraditionAs a classical educator, I have seen what classical education can do for  my students; however, as a mother of a special-needs child, I was initially unsure whether this education was right for my own son. Cheryl  Swope has convinced me that classical education truly is a beautiful education for every child. This book is a treasury of inspirational stories and practical advice. I am already seeing her ideas bear fruit in our home.-Joanna Hensley,Latin Teacher; Homeschooling mother of a special-needs childA classical education is like climbing a mountain, each child benefiting  from whatever vistas he or she attains in that upward journey. Cheryl Swope shows us that the special-needs child benefits from the uplifting vision of a classical education as much if not more than those without learning challenges.... In doing so she has advanced the cause of classical Christian education by confounding its critics who claim it is  only for the elite.-Cheryl Lowe,Author of Latina Christiana, First Form Latin; Founder of Highlands Latin School, Memoria PressCheryl Swope ostensibly writes about special education, but she also  makes one of the clearest and most compelling cases for classical education in print. All children, including academically-challenged students, are human beings, and they deserve an education commensurate with that fact....If a child cannot accommodate the amount or depth of knowledge of most children, it is not less, but more important, that what they learn be of the highest quality.-Martin Cothran,Editor of The Classical Teacher; Author of Traditional Logic, Classical Rhetoric with Aristotle