Well-Trained Mind Press

Peace Hill Press, now known as Well-Trained Mind Press,^[1] is an American publishing company based in Charles City County, Virginia. Peace Hill Press publishes books that fit within the framework of the classical model of education. Their popular series,The Story of the World by Susan Wise Bauer, is a four-volume narrative history of the world, written for elementary-aged students. One of their most well-known works is The Well-Trained Mind, a Guide to Classical Education at Home, now in its fourth edition.

Susan Wise Bauer was a professor at the College of William and Mary from 1994-2012.^[2] Besides The Story of the World series, she has developed a writing program called Writing With Ease. This program leads a student gently from copy work, dictation, to outlining, writing topic sentences, to writing essays. Bauer's inspiration for the program stemmed from the many college freshmen who did not know how to write complete sentences, let alone write essays.

Peace Hill Press books are distributed internationally by W.W. Norton. Foreign rights for Peace Hill Press are handled by Inkwell Literary Management.

In 2016, Peace Hill Press changed its name to Well-Trained Mind Press, to better reflect its emphasis on the classical education methods laid out in Susan Wise Bauer's book The Well-Trained Mind.^[3][4]

The Well-Trained Mind Press led to the Well-Trained Mind Academy, a school that opened in 2014 to offer live classical instruction online and related forums.^[5]

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• Well-Trained Mind Press website
• Well-Trained Mind Academy