Education

A selection of recent articles on this topic

Rehumanizing the Humanities

James Hankins

I have to admit to a tendency for my eyes to glaze over when people talk about…

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…

Why Are the Humanities Deteriorating?

Mark Bauerlein

The New Republic posted a little forum yesterday under the title “Do Humans Still Need to Study the…

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…

An Inhumane Humanities Lecture

Matthew J. Franck

Established in 1972, the Jefferson Lecture is the highest honor the federal government bestows for distinguished intellectual…

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…