Education

A selection of recent articles on this topic

What Is Leo XIV’s Educational Vision?

Kyle Washut

"The world is too much with us; late and soon, / Getting and spending, we lay waste…

The Department of Education May Be Gone, Finally

Mark Bauerlein

News came out last week that the Trump administration is stepping up efforts to dismantle the Department…

Colorado Needs Another Schooling on Religious Freedom

Nicholas Reaves

In Colorado, “universal” evidently means “everyone except those holding disfavored religious views.” Over the past two years,…

Catholic Colleges Defy National Downturn

Jillian Parks

Fr. Dave Pivonka, president of Franciscan University of Steubenville, recalls receiving a recent essay of interest from…

The Classroom Heals the Wounds of Generations

Peter J. Leithart

“Hope,” wrote the German-American polymath Eugen Rosenstock-Huessy, “is the deity of youth.” Wholly dependent on adults, children…

Education Is Not a Commodity

Jonathan J. Sanford

In a recent opinion piece for the Chronicle of Higher Education, University of Maryland classics professor Eric…

Charlie Kirk and the Rise of Radical Ideology in K–12 Schools

Katherine Kersten

The murder of Charlie Kirk has raised awareness of the danger that politicized anger and resentment pose…

Conserving the Past through Education

Mark Bauerlein

In the ​latest installment of the ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein, Robert L. Luddy…

Classical Education Is Not a Right-Wing Project

James Hankins

Recently a book of mine underwent a perplexing treatment in the New York Review of Books. Normally…

Children Have a Right to Classical Education

Kevin D. Roberts

Bear the standard for religious orthodoxy with First Things. Make your contribution to our 2023 spring campaign today at firstthings.com/donate.…

The K–12 Education Renaissance

Jeremy Wayne Tate

Few parents are going to want their children to waste their formative years in joyless, factory-style learning…

Five Temptations for Classical Christian Education

Brian Douglas

Having taught at a classical Christian school for five years and followed the classical Christian education movement…

Teaching in the Twenty-First Century

R. R. Reno

Another college semester is ending. Students are hustling around, trying to finish final papers and prepare for…

Education & Soulcraft

Gilbert Meilaender

Save the World on Your Own Time by Stanley Fish Oxford University Press, 208 pages, $19.95 Here…

Reforming Education: A Whole New World

Chester E. Finn, Jr.

Does Money Matter? Edited by Gary Burtless. Brookings, 296 pages, $39.95. Catholic Education: Homeward Bound By Kimberly…