We are finishing out this month with this interview with Katharine Birbalsingh, founder and headmistress of the Michaela Community School and the editor of the The Power of Culture and Battle Hymn of the Tiger Teachers.
James Madison wrote to W. T. Barry on August 4, 1822 that “knowledge will forever govern ignorance: And a people who mean to be their own Governors, must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives.” Madison, however, underestimated the extent to which ignorance could overtake knowledge in governance, education,
In both The Power of Culture and Battle Hymn of the Tiger Teachers, there is a repeated emphasis on the value of literature within the context of education. Students at the Michaela Community School read a myriad of classic texts, from Shakespeare to Dickens, in addition to contemporary and more immediately relevant books,
The September edition of the Reading Wheel Review will feature two books. They are both collections of essays—Michaela: The Power of Culture and Battle Hymn of the Tiger Teachers: The Michaela Way. The essays in these books were written by teachers at the remarkable Michaela Community School in Wembley, London, England. Each book was edited
