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Home: Core Subjects: Catholic Education: LINKS_PAGE Core Subjects: Catholic Education: LINKS_PAGEArticles:Why Character Matters - Thomas LickonaAll of us who are parents naturally want our children to be successful. But we know in our bones that it's their character — their honesty, sense of responsibility, kindness, perseverance in the face of difficulty, courage in the face of danger or social pressure — that makes them human. If they lack these, brains and success don't count for much. Email This Article Why I Am Not a Pacifist - Dwight LongeneckerLast week our ten-year-old son was encouraged by his teachers to write a letter to Tony Blair protesting the war in Iraq. I was grateful that the school was instilling an interest in current events and Christian morality, but I wasn't impressed with their attempt to help the children understand both sides of the question. Email This Article Why Public Schools Cannot Be Reformed - FRITZ MARSHALLI work for The Separation of School and State Alliance, and we contend that state schooling cannot be fixed because it's not broken. Email This Article Why The Center? - CERCWorlds of Meaning - William Kilpatrick, & Gregory and Suzanne M. WolfeStories, in short, help to make sense out of our lives. There is a wonderful example of this in the film version of Captains Courageous, Rudyard Kipling's tale of life aboard the Gloucester fishing schooners. Email This Article Writing in an On-Line World - James V. Schall, S.J.If we set out to write a novel for the purpose of discovering ourselves, the worst thing that can happen to us is actually to find ourselves... Email This Article You are what you read - Barbara KaySchools shouldn’t let children pick their own books. Email This Article Zero Tolerance Rules Force Schools into Straitjacket - JOHN LEOSome school officials imagined that by-the-book penalties, by eliminating discretion, would reduce parental protests and litigation. Email This Article “Openness” & “The Closing of the American Mind” - Roger KimballWhen we talk about Allan Bloom’s The Closing of the American Mind, it is useful to begin by distinguishing between the book, on the one hand, and the phenomenon, on the other. They are different, if related, things. Email This Article Pages: [<<] ... 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Related Categories:Pages Updated On: 14-Mar-2008 - 01:22:08
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