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Matthew LoftusFamilyHistoryEducation

black homeschooling in America

This piece about black families in America choosing to homeschool captures many of the elements that families struggle with over the public school system: Yet Fields-Smith made a point of noting the respect black families had for the people running […]

Matthew LoftusEducation

The glory of reading

Micah Meadowcroft sounds a refrain that we can’t hear often enough: The glory of reading is its capacity to make us more ourselves, as we learn with minimal mediation how to pay attention and integrate within our own minds the […]

Matthew LoftusEthicsEducation

community impact

When I was in college, I spent three summers living in Kenya and working in Kibera, an urban slum that is home to over a million people. It was there that I first felt called to long-term cross-cultural work, worked […]

Matthew LoftusFamilyCultureEconomicsEducation

poverty of imagination

I mentioned my Comment review of Jamil Jivani’s debut book Why Young Men? before, and he’s done a follow-up interview with the associated Convivium: One of the things I explore in the book – which is a pretty defining part of […]

Matthew LoftusEthicsEducationHealth & Medicine

professionalism: the emperor has no clothes!

Medical professionals appeal to professionalism to guide their moral and ethical decision-making, but this is simply insufficient for the problems we face.

Matthew LoftusFamilyCultureEconomicsCriminal JusticeEducation

my review of Jamil Jivani's "Why Young Men?"

I reviewed Jamil Jivani’s new book, Why Young Men?, for Comment magazine. It’s a fascinating (and sometimes frustrating) book that explores the very important question of why young men are radicalized and embrace violence. It is a bit tricky to nail down […]

Matthew LoftusEducation

what if college admissions gave priority to students attending low-income schools?

Rachel Cohen reports on an intriguing idea to combat educational inequalities: Many of the white parents’ fears were prejudice, plain and simple. But Scott-Railton knew that the parents were right about one thing: Integrating the school could mean that the […]

Joseph MinichFeaturedEducationCulture War

A Case Against Binding Consciences in the School Debates

Christians should not issue blanket statements condemning all public schools. The reality is much more complex and such declarations are not helpful.

Guest WriterEducationFormation

Ben Sasse, James K. A. Smith, and Smuggling in Virtue

One of the chief questions about Ben Sasse's civil catechesis project is how it can actually take hold in a society that has limited basis for embracing it.

Guest WriterFeaturedEducation

Progressives, Harry Potter, and Little Platoons

Part of the reasons progressives love Harry Potter is that it offers the allure of ancient ritual without the rigorous demand of dogma.

Jake MeadorFamilyEducation

Interview with Danielle Hitchen of Catechesis Books

We sat down to talk with Danielle Hitchen of Catechesis Books about her new baby believers counting primer and other projects that Catechesis is working on.

Guest WriterFamilyEducation

Our Father. How ya doin'? Amen: Introducing Catechesis Books

I’m delighted to run this guest post by friend-of-the-blog Danielle Hitchen. As we sat down to dinner a few weeks ago, my two-year-old daughter folded her hands and bowed her head to pray. Although my husband usually prays for our […]