History Of Education

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The Liberal Arts and a Free Republic November 12, 2021

It is deeply consequential, even emblematic, that one of the greatest American defenders of the Western idea of liberal education was a former slave. The author of three (or four, depending on how one counts) autobiographies, Frederick Douglass explo...

Many Children Left Behind July 23, 2021

One year after A
merica’s public schools were forced to go remote overnight in response to the Covid-19 pandemic, we know that students have lost time with teachers, friends, and extended family; have lost the daily interactions with crossing guards,...