The Classical Thistle was founded in March 2017 and arose out of conversations between its co-founders, Kyle Rapinchuk and Scott McElvain, over a two year period. The conversations centered on the relatively minimal online influence of classical Christian education in an ever-increasing digital age. Although there has been an increase in print publications in recent years, the classical Christian education movement is still largely led by a few voices and a few publishers. We wanted to provide a two-fold service. First, we wanted to increase awareness in the broader community regarding the nature, purpose, and practice of classical Christian education. Second, we wanted to provide a forum for more voices to share their ideas and experiences with the hope that it will help instruct and encourage other classical Christian educators. Learn more in our post, “The What and the Why of The Classical Thistle.”
