Dr. Krason's volume is an anthology of essays which critique American education today, focusing particularly on its apparent failure to sustain republicanism and to provide a vision of what the nature of our education should be. The various contributors set out to show why traditional American education, grounded in the liberal arts, is so crucial to the survival of a republican form of government. They delineate the essential components of such an education, and explain why current American education has failed our nation. The book also strives to reveal the weaknesses and errors in the philosophical premises widely adhered to by today's educators, and to lay the groundwork for a sound philosophy of education. Contributors include: Eminent scholar Russell Kirk; John Agresto, President of St. John's College (N.M.) and former NEH Vice Chairman; Peter V. Sampo, President of the Thomas More College of Liberal Arts; Annette Kirk, presidential education commission member; and University of Chicago political scientist Ralph Lerner. This work is crucial to anyone interested in education and, ultimately, in the future of our nation.
