Joyful Rigor, 2nd Edition

In Joyful Rigor: Enriching the Intellectual and Spiritual Lives of Our Children with a Classical Charlotte Mason Approach, Academic Dean and long-time educator Karen Ristuccia shares The Wilberforce School’s vision through a collection of essays that illustrate how challenging – and yet how much fun– classical Christian education can be.

Founded in 2005 in Princeton, New Jersey, The Wilberforce School seeks to provide an education with a unique combination of attributes: Christ-exalting, academically rigorous, classical, and joyful. At The Wilberforce School, we believe that children learn best with a balanced approach that engages both the mind and the heart.

The Wilberforce School is a place where students and teachers alike excel in the delightful task of learning about God’s world and their place within it.

Throughout her decades of educating students from pre-school through graduate students, Karen Ristuccia has taught in public, private, and home-school arenas. While Dr. Ristuccia loves to study and speak about a blend of classical Christin and Charlotte Mason education, she is most at home implementing this education. Dr. Ristuccia is currently the Academic Dean of The Wilberforce School in Princeton, New Jersey, where she also enjoys discovering world history along with her middle school students.