The Phoenix Principles

Toward a Rebirth of American Education

By: Jason Bedrick, James Shuls

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Hardcover | 22 September 2026

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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 guaranteed; it requires deliberate effort to pass on the truths, virtues, and civic ideals that sustain a free and flourishing society. The Phoenix Principles calls us to renew that effort by restoring the principles that make education not merely a preparation for work, but a preparation for life—rooted in truth, animated by character, enriched by culture, and oriented toward the common good.

This book articulates seven foundational principles to guide our schools and inform policy: Parental Choice and Responsibility, Transparency and Accountability, Truth and Goodness, Cultural Transmission, Character Formation, Academic Excellence, and Citizenship. Together, these ideals offer a roadmap for restoring purpose and coherence to K-12 education.

Accessible, inspiring, and deeply grounded, The Phoenix Principles provides policymakers, educators, and citizens with the intellectual foundation and moral clarity needed to shape an education system worthy of a free people—and to chart a course for the next 250 years of American self-government.

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