As America celebrates its 250th anniversary, questions about the purpose and future of the education of her citizens have never been more urgent. The Phoenix Principles offers a bold and unifying vision for how good education can renew the American spirit and sustain a free and virtuous republic for generations to come.Education is, as G.K. Chesterton put it, the “soul of a society as it passes from one generation to another.” That transmission is neither automatic nor gua...