Drawing on Hannah Arendt’s articulation of education as an attempt to take responsibility for a world out of joint, this short essay advocates for an approach to General Education rooted in a renewed commitment to cultivate capacities that enable citizens to discern truth from falsity, advocate for those who are unable to advocate for themselves,…[Read more]

As my inaugural editorial note for the Journal of General Education, this short essay outlines the arts of liberty as a cultivated activity at the heart of General education in the United States. The challenge of the general education endeavor is to teach the virtues of the arts of liberty at scale, recognizing that our communities are enriched…[Read more]