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Education begins with an angry man. At least it does at St. John’s College in Maryland. Freshmen there start the year by reading Homer’s Iliad, and there is “something glorious about undertaking your ...

Inside a seminar room at the University of Vermont in Burlington, six students — all veterans — slowly page through the epic poem "The Iliad," reading Homer's gory account of the final weeks of the ...

In a letter to a British friend, one day in 1934, Poet Ezra Pound was in a complaining mood: the world had all but lost contact with the classics, and it was high time someone did something about it.

Elementary school students across the state are not receiving enough time physical education classes and most school districts do not have a state-approved plan for meeting physical education ...

Parents from Homer Elementary District 33C and neighboring school districts packed Tuesday’s school board meeting to voice concerns about mask mandates and raise questions about curriculum. The ...

All six candidates running for Homer Elementary District 33C Board agree it is time to move past the COVID-19 pandemic, but some candidates said the effect of the pandemic on schools is one of the ...