Education

Catholic Mom-blogger Threatened by ‘Catholic’ Students

by Matt C. Abbott October 5, 2010

Catholic blogger and mother Carol McKinley is being threatened by certain male students who attend Sacred Heart School in Kingston, Mass. And they’re doing so online.
Why? Because Carol is not afraid to criticize the school for not forming its…

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Back to School, Back to the Books: The Value Behind Textbooks

by Dr. Joseph Horton August 31, 2010

The high price of college textbooks is getting a lot of press. Legislators are considering bills to bring down costs, such as requiring professors to use the least expensive “educationally sound” option. As I have read articles about the burden…

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Dear Old Golden Rule Days

by Ken Larson April 29, 2010

There have been many published articles lately about school curriculum, school performance, school choice, and the Obama dictates that are aimed at pumping more money and asserting more control of an already mediocre performing public school industry. In The Wall…

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Book Review: Saving America’s Urban Catholic Schools: A Guide for Donors

by Greg Fazzari April 5, 2010

Catholic Schools and philanthropy have been mutual beneficiaries of each other throughout history.  A guidebook has been published by the Philanthropic Roundtable on how philanthropists can best support urban Catholic Schools.  This Roundtable is committed to helping donors improve K-12…

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Read My Lips

by Ken Larson March 18, 2010

“[W]e are setting an ambitious goal: all students should graduate from high school prepared for college and a career – no matter who you are or where you come from.” – Barack Obama, Saturday Radio Address.
A few years ago…

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Massachusetts School Suspends Eight Year Old for Drawing Jesus on the Cross

by Thaddeus M. Baklinski December 16, 2009

An 8-year-old boy was sent home from Maxham Elementary School and required to undergo a psychological evaluation after he drew a stick-figure picture of Jesus Christ on the cross.
The boy’s father, Chester Johnson, said he got a call earlier…

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School Choice and the Common Good of all Children

by Kevin Schmiesing, Ph.D. December 3, 2009

The United States justifiably celebrates its pluralism. The mandate to find unity in diversity—e pluribus unum—is predicated not on the premise that all peculiarities of creed or color must be washed away; instead, it insists that all such cultural and…

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Interview with Dr. Charles Hull Wolfe, a 20th Century Life

by Dr. Paul Kengor October 22, 2009

Dr. Charles Hull Wolfe is a historian, renowned creative director, and retired advertising executive. He also serves as president of the Plymouth Rock Foundation. Dr. Paul Kengor is professor of political science at Grove City College and executive director of…

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Christopher Klicka: Warrior for Educational and Religious Freedom

by Dr. John A. Sparks October 15, 2009

A young dark-haired student, Chris Klicka, sat in my U.S. Constitutional History class at Grove City College, Grove City, Pennsylvania around 1980. He was an excellent student with a particularly keen interest in questions about religious liberty and how that…

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Catholic School Board Faces Human Rights Complaint for Limiting Teachers to Catholics

by LifeSite News September 14, 2009

The Wellington Catholic District School Board has recently had a human rights complaint filed against it because of their policy of only hiring teachers who are active Catholics.  The complaint was filed with the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal by Mr.…

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