Speaking Truth to School Children

On the weekend I read the text of the talk Barack Obama gave on Tuesday to a public school in Virginia and through the medium of technology to students throughout the nation who wished to see and hear him on… Read More

National Ed Care

As the fall school term approaches there were a lot of announcements this past week relating to education — both K-12 and college — including the annual publication of U.S. News and World Report’s America’s Best Colleges , a Wall… Read More

“Dead White Males”

Last year as the very long Presidential election campaign wound down — a campaign from which it was difficult to hear a noble thought, nobly expressed — two very notable individuals passed from this earth. They were of another time… Read More

Knowing We’ll Never Walk Alone

It’s June and for many in the senior classes at school there has been a graduation ceremony, and friends and relatives and out-of-town family who make a trip to see a son or daughter, niece, grandchild, brother or sister receive… Read More

Rotten to the Core: The College Accreditation Barrel Roll

Recently my wife and I flew from California more than halfway across the country to participate in Parent's Weekend at our younger daughter's college. It's located in what some might call "fly over country." We had a great time meeting… Read More

How Much Is That Neighborhood School Costing You?

Earlier this month I wrote about the value of teaching credentials and whether an instructor in a public or private school was likely to be more effective on the strength of having them. The implication was that parents may be… Read More

What Does a Teaching Credential Have to Do with Learning?

While I was writing my novel ReEnchantment: A Schoolboys' Adventure, one of the scenes I struggled with was when the mother, contemplating schooling her own child, has doubts about her ability to do the job. There are a number of… Read More

The Vulnerable Soul in The Devil Wears Prada

I don't know what the criteria is in your home regarding the movie videos and television shows the family watches, but in ours there's a pretty stringent rule prohibiting offensive or bathroom language and sexual innuendo. If you're thinking we… Read More

What’s College About Anyway?

A few years ago, I sat with my wife and oldest daughter at the graduation Mass of our 8th grader. When you're a parent you find yourself in these situations thinking or whispering to someone nearby that "they grow up… Read More

Movies in the (Catholic) Classroom

Lots of parents worry about their kids spending too much time watching TV — it is undeniably a commercial wasteland. At our house the often used command “turn off the TV” started to be greeted by “can we watch a… Read More

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