Thirty years ago, Doug Wilson wrote Recovering the Lost Tools of Learning so that Christian parents could stop wringing their hands at the deterioration of American education and actually do something to resist it.
That resistance begins with getting our children out of public secular schools, but it doesn't end there. We must also give our kids a thoroughly biblical education with the lordship of Jesus Christ at the center. The best structure for that education, Wilson argues, is the classical structure.
And so the classical Christian education movement in America was born. Since the publication of this book, hundreds of classical Christian schools have been started (both nationally and internationally), and hundreds of thousands of homeschooling families have turned to classical Christian education as well.
Recovering the Lost Tools of Learning, originally published by Crossway in 1991, has been republished by Canon Press.

Douglas L. Wilson grew up and has spent much of his life in the small, rural town of Grayling, Michigan. Doug is a member of the Grayling High School Alumni Hall of Fame, and he is a graduate of Central Michigan University. Doug is recently retired from a 45-year career as an educator, youth counselor, and family social worker. Doug and his wife Tracy continue to reside in the Grayling area, and they are frequent visitors of Doug's alma mater, Central Michigan University.Wilson has been a poet for over 50 years. Moments of Epiphany is his 5th collection of poetry to be published. This book focuses on those moments of enlightenment that suddenly appear, that open our hearts and minds, and leave our lives forever changed.Wilson reminds us of the importance of living in the moment and in living each day to the fullest. As is the case with Doug's other books, Moments of Epiphany will cause you to reflect, feel, and think.