Education
A selection of recent articles on this topic
A Curriculum for National Success
In the latest installment of the ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein, Christopher Perrin joins…
Letters—August/September 2026
My first thought on “Boomer–Zoomer Housing War” by Carmel Richardson was the title; my second thought after…
Ban the Books
Walk into a bookstore anywhere in the country. Chances are that, somewhere toward the front, you’ll see…
To Live Fittingly
Why do the humanities face such a hostile climate? In part it’s because academics have excluded ordinary,…
Great Books Are Not Good for Everyone
Great Books are back on everyone’s mind. Christopher Nolan is making a film about one. Many fear…
How to Destroy Your Country’s Future
In the latest installment of the ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein, Bella d’Abrera joins…
The Community Answering the College Faith-Abandonment Crisis
A 2007 Lifeway study found that 70 percent of young American adults who regularly attended a Protestant…
Can Yale Lead Reform?
In early April, Yale University released the “Report of the Yale Committee on Trust in Higher Education.”…
Recovering the University’s Soul | 2026 Neuhaus Lecture
In this episode, First Things brings you the recording of the 2026 Neuhaus Lecture presented by Bishop Robert…
Ordinary Means, Extraordinary Ends
Although I have been on loan to Notre Dame at the Center for Citizenship and Constitutional Government…
Hochul’s Tax Credit and the Fight for Catholic School Choice
Give credit where it’s due. That’s the message New York governor Kathy Hochul seems to have embraced…
The End of Princeton’s Honor
On Monday, the Princeton University faculty voted overwhelmingly to end the 133-year-old tradition of unproctored examinations. Princeton…
Doing Justice While Making Catholic Schools Affordable
Before joining what once imagined itself the world’s greatest deliberative body, U.S. senator Mark Kelly (D-Arizona) was…
The Education of Cole Tomas Allen
The most terrifying and telling contemporary piece of American writing is about a thousand words long. It…
How the SPLC Got into America’s Classrooms
The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) has been indicted for a variety of crimes. To laymen, the…
