James Madison once asked, "What spectacle can be more edifying or more seasonable, than that of Liberty and Learning, each leaning on the other for their mutual and surest support?" We believe that civic education is necessary for the maintenance of freedom. Our students think so too. We started a program that will embrace the community and will allow our students to get involved and serve others. We hold public events, we host summer courses open to the public, and we have a scholar program that equips our students to serve their communities for life. Mark Twain once remarked, "I never let my education get in the way of my learning." The Liberty and Learning Fellowship shows students that learning to be a great citizen or a statesman can happen inside and outside of the classroom.
Brad Deitzen received his bachelor’s degree in Politics from Hillsdale College. Mr. Deitzen was born and raised in Ann Arbor, MI. Before moving to Texas he lived in Washington, D.C. and worked for Californian Congressman Tom McClintock and at the Allan P. Kirby Jr. Center for Constitutional Studies and Citizenship. He also lived in Fort Collins, CO where he worked as a teacher apprentice at Ridgeview Classical Schools. He moved to Lewisville in 2013 to teach at FCA. From 2021 to 2023 he served as the Director of Moral and Civic Education for Responsive Ed. He has since returned to FCA to teach government, economics, and history. He is currently pursuing his Masters in Humanities with a focus in Classical Education from the University of Dallas.
Jason Caros graduated from Florida State University with undergraduate degrees in History and Religion and earned a Master’s Degree in Educational Leadership from Nova Southeastern University. In Florida, Mr. Caros was a high school history teacher and a district-level curriculum administrator for more than fifteen years. In 2011-12, he was selected by Hillsdale College’s Barney Charter School Initiative and Responsive Education Solutions to serve as the first headmaster of Founders Classical Academy of Lewisville. Under Mr. Caros’s leadership, the school opened in the fall of 2012 with kindergarten through tenth grade classes and an enrollment of 450 students. In the spring of 2015, Founders graduated its first senior class and the current enrollment stands at just over 900 students with a large annual waiting list. He now serves as Associate Superintendent of Academics for all FCA schools.