The Case for an Education Based on Virtues

We’re far behind where we should be—and nobody seems willing to address it.

The prospects for influence were so far-reaching that de Toledano described the naive United States as ‘a cow mooing to be milked.’

The majority of our colleges and universities have steadily been transformed from institutions that foster open debate into incubators of cultural Marxism.

More and more, schools are turning to creeds, rules, and promises to fill the void left when organized religion was removed from the classroom.

There is no more powerful or lasting way to teach a moral lesson than through a story that exemplifies that lesson, either positively or negatively.

At first glance, imagination might seem to have nothing to do with morals.

The consequences of not respecting young people enough to tell them honestly about deficiencies in their work are serious.

What—in one word—constitutes the most powerful methodology for teaching and learning in all human experience? Here’s a clue: It’s connected to “The Odyssey.”

Our schools and colleges, with few exceptions, do less to form character and educate in the virtues than to inoculate the young against their cultural heritage.

We’re far behind where we should be—and nobody seems willing to address it.

The prospects for influence were so far-reaching that de Toledano described the naive United States as ‘a cow mooing to be milked.’

The majority of our colleges and universities have steadily been transformed from institutions that foster open debate into incubators of cultural Marxism.

More and more, schools are turning to creeds, rules, and promises to fill the void left when organized religion was removed from the classroom.

There is no more powerful or lasting way to teach a moral lesson than through a story that exemplifies that lesson, either positively or negatively.

At first glance, imagination might seem to have nothing to do with morals.

The consequences of not respecting young people enough to tell them honestly about deficiencies in their work are serious.

What—in one word—constitutes the most powerful methodology for teaching and learning in all human experience? Here’s a clue: It’s connected to “The Odyssey.”

Our schools and colleges, with few exceptions, do less to form character and educate in the virtues than to inoculate the young against their cultural heritage.