L earned P iety: E ducation for J ustice and the C ommon G ood in J esuit S econdary E ducation

One of the five essential outcomes of Jesuit secondary education focuses on the development of a student's social consciousness for the purpose of preparing an individual who contributes to the common good. An educational meritocracy, such as the academic structure at St. Peter's Preparatory School in New Jersey, tends to center learning on how to recognize what a teacher wants a student to see, know, and judge for the sake of academic self‐interest rather than directing efforts toward the Jesuit pedagogical vision of learned piety. We assert that education for justice must move beyond education as seeing and reporting to involve students in a critical social analysis that encourages participation in making justice and realizing the common good.