Latin Education

[Damien Hall]

Dear Eric

I know you were looking for readings and academic studies of Latin 
education in the US. I don't have any of those to offer directly, but I 
remember that it struck me, when the Brooklyn Latin School was set up on 
the model of the Boston Latin School in 2006, that the people interviewed 
(the Headmaster / Principal, Jason Griffiths, I think) seemed to have a 
real philosophy about it. Here are some links:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooklyn_Latin_School

http://tinyurl.com/BrooklynLatin-NYT

(the second one is the _New York Times_ article on the opening, which is 
where I got my idea that this wasn't just another school opening). So, 
maybe you could contact the school / principal themselves and ask where 
they got their philosophy from, and whether they can point you at any 
readings or similar.

Good luck with what is a really interesting project!

Best wishes

Damien Hall

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Damien Hall

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