Homeschoolers and Ideologues
by Samuel D. JamesHarvard professor Elizabeth Bartholet seems to think that only public schools are capable of creating responsible, mature, informed citizens. Continue Reading »
The Idea of the Catholic School
by C. C. PecknoldCatholic schools serve the common good of Catholics but also the nation as a whole. Continue Reading »
Why School Prayer Matters
by Steven D. SmithIn his State of the Union address and elsewhere, President Trump has emphasized the importance of prayer in public schools. In one speech he promised “big action” on the matter. But just what action he is contemplating remains obscure. Teacher-led prayer to open the school day? Football players . . . . Continue Reading »
Happiness for All
by Mark BauerleinA few years ago, when a group of students at Emory University prepared to demonstrate against a controversial speaker, I asked a senior why they wanted to do so. She had a background different from that of the typical selective school attendee, a hard-edged one, and she’d already told me that . . . . Continue Reading »
Professors as Propagandists
by Alexander RileyImagine that you recently discovered a book titled How Cancer Works, written by a respected professor from a prominent university. He promises to explain the disease and tell you how to avoid getting it. You would doubtless be interested. Cancer is, after all, an awful thing. With enthusiasm, . . . . Continue Reading »
Learning Latin
by Joseph EpsteinSome people acquire foreign languages more easily than others. I, alas, am one of those others. I cannot truly say that I have possession of any foreign language. I have perhaps two hundred or so words of Yiddish—just enough to fool the Gentiles into thinking I know the language, but not . . . . Continue Reading »
A Quarantine Syllabus for Teenage Boys
by Mark BauerleinNo matter how energetic and vigilant the teachers are in this time of seclusion, hours at home can't replicate the classroom. Continue Reading »
Taking Power in the Academy
by Bruce GilleyIn September 2017, I published a peer-reviewed paper titled “The Case for Colonialism” in Third World Quarterly. Eighteen thousand people signed petitions against the paper, six thousand of them academics. One month later, the paper was withdrawn with my consent, because the editor had been . . . . Continue Reading »
Oppression by Indifference
by Charles L. GlennAlmost all Western democracies other than the United States provide public support to parents who wish to send their children to private schools with a distinctive religious character. In the Netherlands, this policy was formalized by the Pacificatie of 1917, which resolved seven decades . . . . Continue Reading »
Yale Loses an Inspiration
by Mark BauerleinYale’s “Introduction to Art History,” a longstanding course in a Western Civ tradition, has undergone a diversity revision. Continue Reading »
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