My article from the most recent print edition of the Texas Horn is now online— read it here!
It sets forth an idea I have had for quite awhile about analyzing education. While I have had this general idea for over a year, and indeed mention some of the ideas in my Daily Texas DEI op-ed, it took awhile to get everything sorted in terms of explaining it in sufficient detail. I think that, as a framework, it could stand to be expanded, particularly in regards to the third aim of education, but I have no plans to do that in the near future.
Two books which might be helpful in understanding the background of the article are The Educated Mind and The Intellectual Life. Both are somewhat niche books, but anyone with the relevant interests will likely enjoy them.