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June 08, 2018

Kuyper Conference: Faith, Freedom and Education

Last month the Acton Institute co-sponsored the 2018 Kuyper Conference hosted by Calvin College & Seminary. Acton’s support of the conference included the organization of a panel discussion on “Faith, Freedom, and Education,” which featured Harry Van Dyke of Redeemer University College, Charles L. Continue Reading...

May 24, 2018

Rev. Robert A. Sirico addresses education reform in Detroit News

In today’s Detroit News, Acton President Rev. Robert A. Sirico writes that the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops should consider the Catholic doctrine of subsidiarity before weighing in on education reform. Continue Reading...

October 04, 2017

Radio Free Acton: Tom Lindsay on the future of higher education in America; Upstream on The Devil and Father Amorth

On this week’s episode of Radio Free Acton, Paul Bonicelli, director of programs and education at the Acton Institute talks about Acton’s upcoming Education & Freedom conference and the future of education in America with Tom Lindsay, director of the Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Center for Higher Education. Continue Reading...

July 25, 2017

New teaching program aims to revive Catholic education

For the past decade, Catholic education has been on the decline. Data from the 2016-2017 National Catholic Education Association Report shows that since 2006, the number of Catholic schools has decreased by 14 percent and the number of students attending Catholic school has decreased by 17.6 percent. Continue Reading...

July 11, 2017

American students: Raw material or individual persons?

The quality of K-12 education in America is a major concern. This is largely because, despite marginally high spending per student, the United States does not compete very well against other countries on standardized tests. Continue Reading...

June 01, 2017

Every man is the architect of his own fortune

Black and Latino young men from poor communities show statistically low high school graduation and attendance rates. One group of young men, however, is proving that that academic underperformance doesn’t have to be the norm. Continue Reading...

April 24, 2017

Acton books distributed to schools by Theological Book Network

The Acton Institute recently donated a number of titles on faith, work, and economics to the Theological Book Network which will distribute them to its partner institutions in what it calls the ‘Majority World’ (‘Majority World’ is a term coined to replace earlier sometimes anachronistic or misleading terms like ‘Third World’ or ‘Developing World’). Continue Reading...

April 19, 2017

Radio Free Acton: Micah Watson on C.S. Lewis and the dangers of democratic education

On this edition of Radio Free Acton, we’re joined by Micah Watson, the William Spoelhof Teacher-Scholar Chair at Calvin College, to discuss the views of C.S. Lewis on democracy, specifically as they relate to the area of education. Continue Reading...

April 10, 2017

Booker T. Washington on the beauty and dignity of work

“My plan was to have [my students]…taught to see not only utility in labour, but beauty and dignity.” –Booker T. Washington We live in a time of unbounding prosperity. Opportunities are wider, work is easier, and innovation continues to accelerate at a break-neck pace. Continue Reading...

March 28, 2017

The future of work: Arthur Brooks on human dignity and ‘neededness’

Although unemployment continues to hover somewhere around 4.7 percent, the labor-force participation rate offers a grimmer outlook, falling from 67% in 2000 to 63% today. With the continued acceleration of globalization and automation, the future of work looks increasingly uncertain. Continue Reading...

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