Classical Education News & Articles | November 2023
In addition to reviewing books, ClassicalEd Review provides our readers with a monthly compendium of recent articles and news stories related to classical education and the liberal arts.
America’s Teachers Are Dumb, And They’re Making Students Dumber
By Daniel Coupland | The Federalist
No law, executive edict, funding package, or curriculum restriction will fix the teacher quality problem.
As Education Decentralizes, Those Who Like Control Are Nervous
by Kerry McDonald | Foundation for Economic Freedom
It’s no surprise that those who favor top-down control of education feel anxious about the current bottom-up education transformation.
Christian college will unite classical learning with real-world training
By Kate Roberson | The College Fix
‘A college like Hildegard is rare—where students can care about wisdom and virtue first,’ board member said.
A Liberal Education in Name Only
By Christopher A. Snyder | Inside Higher Ed
A liberal arts education means something, and colleges that slash programs should stop using the term in their promises to students.
Teach Your Children Well
by Naomi Schaefer Riley | American Enterprise Institute
A few years ago, David Brooks wrote a column in which he took a friend without a high school degree to a sandwich shop.
Shakespeare’s First Folio Turns 400
by Nathan M. Antiel | First Things
In many ways, the First Folio made Shakespeare Shakespeare.
What Socrates Can Teach Us About K-12 Instruction Today
by Frederick M. Hess | American Enterprise Institute
Teaching hasn’t always been organized the way it currently is in American schools. Back when Socrates was doing his thing in ancient Greece, teaching was a simple proposition.
Americans are very well-schooled. Well-educated is another matter.
by David Masci | The Hill
According to a recent Wall Street Journal/University of Chicago survey, 56 percent of Americans now think college is not worth the cost — up from 40 percent 10 years ago.
Education and the Virtues
by David Hein | Voegelin View
The difference between being educated and being schooled is the difference between being equipped to ride a horse across open country and being led on horseback around a ring.
Liberal education isn’t selling this year
by Jon D. Schaff | Current
Promoting liberal education reminds me of one of my favorite Willie Nelson songs: “You’ve no need to fear it/Cause no one will hear it/Cause sad songs and waltzes/aren’t selling this year.” Ditto liberal education.
The False Binary in Higher Ed
by Ben Wildavsky | The Atlantic
Liberal education and career training aren’t mutually exclusive.
John Senior and the Restoration of Realism
by Dwight Longenecker | The Imaginative Conservative
John Senior’s great contribution was to forge a middle way between indoctrination and the chaos of complete relativism. Instead of indoctrinating students, the classical knowledge of a Christian culture provided the tools and the framework for true education.