Josiah Padley is a Policy Fellow at Center of the American Experiment, where she writes on education and is a manager of the internship program. Her interest in civic involvement began at Baylor University, where she studied Classics, Political Science, and History as a University Scholar. After her graduation, she worked with the Hertog Foundation as a Political Studies Fellow and a Humanities at Hertog program facilitator. Before joining American Experiment, she taught Attic Greek, Latin, and ancient history in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Anna Julia Cooper, the former slave who brought classical education to a broken land
Public education is a hard-fought American right, and one that hasn’t always existed. Throughout American history, some have been unable to achieve a formal education due to the limits of…