Colonel William A. Phillips

Classical education may refer to:

• Modern, educational practices and educational movements:
  • An education in the Classics, especially in Ancient Greek and Latin
  • Classical education movement, based on the trivium (grammar, logic, rhetoric) and quadrivium (astronomy, arithmetic, music and geometry)
  • Classical Christian education, an application of the classical education movement with an emphasis on the Christian faith
  • Classical Islamic education, see:
    • Madrasah
    • Ijazah
• Historical, educational practices and values:
  • Education in ancient Greece
  • Education in ancient Rome
  • The curriculum of the Middle Ages, see Medieval university
  • Classical Chinese education, see:
    • Imperial examination
    • Scholar-bureaucrats