From the Academy: The Council for Basic Education

Fifteen years ago, in July 1956, there was founded the Council for Basic Education. That Council’s current Bulletin contains a general review of what has happened (much of it disagreeable) since its founding.

Rather than repeat the Council’s account of its own endeavor, I publish below a summary of the Council’s nature and objectives written by Mr. Philip P. Ardery Jr., for the educational foundation of which I am president— The Educational Reviewer, Inc. Mr. Ardery’s sentiments are my own.

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Russell Kirk

Fifteen years ago, in July 1956, there was founded the Council for Basic Education. That Council’s current Bulletin contains a general review of what has happened (much of it disagreeable) since its founding.

Rather than repeat the Council’s account of its own endeavor, I publish below a summary of the Council’s nature and objectives written by Mr. Philip P. Ardery Jr., for the educational foundation of which I am president— The Educational Reviewer, Inc. Mr. Ardery’s sentiments are my own.