Have you not heard of that mad Catholic professor who lit a lantern in the bright morning hours and ran to the marketplace, crying, “I seek Catholic higher education in the United States! I seek what St. John Paul II set forth in Ex Corde Ecclesiae!” As many who were standing around no . . . . Continue Reading »
Conform or be drugged. We used to make dystopian movies about it; now we make our children live it. Continue Reading »
Oklahoma Statewide Virtual Charter School board, which authorizes and oversees all virtual charter schools in the state, meets today to consider certifying an unusual, pathbreaking school. Continue Reading »
We have a great deal in common as Americans. But what we share can be obscured by the rage and fury of our partisan battles. It is for this reason that school choice will paradoxically promote unity in our country. Continue Reading »
“The Augustine School Statement on Social Theory” is a helpful guide to navigating some of the harmful ideologies and social theories of our day.
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Nicole Stelle Garnett joins the podcast to discuss religious liberty in schools today in light of her recent article, “A Victory for Religious Liberty and Educational Pluralism.” Continue Reading »
Our humanistic institutions are in the hands of people whose humanitas is feeble. They’re proud of that fact, though. They believe it’s warranted by social conditions, and they’re ready to pass along their ineptitude to the pupils they’re paid to edify. Continue Reading »
At a time when many Catholic schools are closing, the Cristo Rey network of Catholic high schools is opening new institutions. Continue Reading »
While I was attending a professional development workshop for nearly two-hundred teachers several weeks ago, a particularly confusing comment caught my attention. The topic was bullying—how to spot it, prevent it, and deal with it. In one example, the bullying was based on religion. The facilitator discussed how to manage such a situation, and then concluded by reminding us all that, “the religious aspect of the bullying should not be something we address head on. After all, we have separation of Church and state in our schools.” Continue Reading »
It’s commencement season and tens of thousands of students are graduating from inner-city Catholic elementary schools. As decades of empirical research have shown, these kids have a better chance of successfully completing high school and college, and are better prepared for life-after-the-classroom, than their peers attending government schools. These inner-city Catholic schools are “public schools” in the best sense of the term; they’re open to the public (not just to Catholics), and they serve a genuine public interest, the empowerment of the youthful poor. Continue Reading »
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