Northeast Ohio Classical Academy, a new school for children in kindergarten through fifth grade, is acquiring a 9-acre campus in Copley Township with plans to open next year. The location is in the Montrose area of the township on Heritage Woods Drive.
David Baum, head of the school, said the academy will be rooted in the classics, using a curriculum developed by Hillsdale College. The small, private college in Michigan is known for its extensive ties to prominent U.S. conservatives and its traditional liberal arts approach to education at all levels.
Hillsdale's K-12 curriculum, summarized in a note to teachers on its website, emphasizes that "America is an exceptionally good country" with founding principles that "have outlasted and extinguished from law various forms of evil, such as slavery, racism, and other violations of the equal protection of natural rights."
Critics of that approach say it stands at odds with diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs that recognize historically disenfranchised groups' lasting struggles to overcome societal biases and mistreatment.
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