Mark Bauerlein

Jan 16, 2025 | firstthings.com | Mark Bauerlein

Conversations with Mark Bauerlein The latest installment of an ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein. Peter Kreeft joins in to discuss his recent book, God on Stage: 15 Plays That Ask the Big Questions. The conversation is embedded below. For your long-term convenience, follow us on SoundCloud or subscribe via Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. Intro music by Jack Bauerlein.

Jan 8, 2025 | aei.org | Robert Pondiscio |Mark Bauerlein

The latest installment of an ongoing interview series with First Things contributing editor Mark Bauerlein. Robert Pondiscio joins in to discuss his articles, “How Public Schools Became Ideological Boot Camps” and “On curriculum and literacy, Texas gets it.”

Dec 16, 2024 | chronicle.com | Mark Bauerlein |Scott Yenor

In May 2023, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed a bill preventing colleges in the state system from spending money on diversity, equity, and inclusion programs and banning general-education courses that “teach identity politics and specified concepts related to discrimination.” Seven months later, Florida’s Board of Education approved rules that removed a sociology course from the state’s list of core general-education courses.

Dec 10, 2024 | compactmag.com | Mark Bauerlein

The War Against the Past:Why the West Must Fight for Its History By Frank FurediPolity Press, 272 pages, $29.95Near the beginning of Frank Furedi’s alarming study of cultural vandalism in Britain and the United States, we find this quotation from Karl Marx: “The tradition of all dead generations weighs like a nightmare on the brain of the living.” It’s an illuminating remark, one that applies well to the peculiar intensity of all things woke in our moment.

Nov 30, 2024 | lucianne.com | Mark Bauerlein

Original ArticlePosted By: Harlowe, 11/30/2024 12:30:54 AMThe growth of classical education schools is astonishing. The numbers keep rising; there is no sign that the movement is beginning to plateau. Schools open, networks are created, charters are authorized, and kids fill the seats. [Snip] The reason for the loss cannot be ignored; the departure is an indictment of leftist theories of learning.