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Spare the Truth, Spoil the Child September 06, 2022
E. D. Hirsch Jr., distinguished scholar of comparative literature, is the most important advocate for K–12 education reform of the past seventy-five years. Natalie Wexler’s recent book The Knowledge Gap is a helpful examination of Hirsch’s critical a...
The Telos of Education April 12, 2022
Remarking on Glenn Youngkin’s victory over Terry McAuliffe in the Virginia gubernatorial race, New York writer Ed Kilgore framed the top issue in the race, public schools, in terms of a choice: “The fundamental question that must be asked is whether ...
Grappling with Beowulf in the Third Millenium April 11, 2022
Long ago, when I was in graduate school and deep in Old English poetry, some wag of a friend gave me a DC Comics issue entitled “Beowulf, Dragon Slayer.” It depicted our hero in full superhero kit, leaping to plunge his sword into the beast, young an...
The Arts of Free Men April 01, 2022
The headmaster of my high school once offered some wise thoughts on a teacher who claimed he was reluctant to inflict his opinions on students. “What utter nonsense,” Mr. Jarvis hissed. He went on to explain that education by nature involves teachers...
