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Home: Core Subjects: Education: LINKS_PAGE Core Subjects: Education: LINKS_PAGEArticles:Score one for religious freedom - Barbara KayWho gets to decide what kind of religious and moral instruction children receive in school? Parents or the state? Quebec says it’s the state. Read more... Searching for Holiness and Glory - Tom HowardIt has fallen to my lot recently to teach classics in a small high school not far from my house that offers courses for homeschooled students. Read more... Secondary School, Too - Bess Twiston-DaviesA boarding school for English-speaking students sets down roots in a French village with a long Catholic heritage. Read more... Self-esteem vs. self-improvement - Barbara KayMy generation was prepared for university by high school teachers with little interest in how we "felt" about the subjects they taught, and a great deal of interest in what we actually knew. Read more... Sense and Nonsense: A Conversation with Rev. James V. Schall, S.J. - Robert ReillyRev. James V. Schall, S.J., talks about the life of the mind, the future of the West, and lessons learned over a long career in education. Read more... September 11: What Our Children Need to Know - Thomas B. Fordham FoundationHere is timely advice on what schools should teach and children should learn about September 11—and about history, civics, heroism and terrorism. Featuring 23 statements by leading educators and experts, plus an extensive bibliography, the report is a constructive, hard-hitting alternative to the "diversity and feelings" approach that many national education groups have taken to the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Read more... Sex and the Country - Hadley ArkesA federal district judge in Maryland has jolted the local liberal establishment in Montgomery County by blocking a pilot program in sex education. Read more... Sexed-Up Sex-Ed - Christian C. SahnerCollege freshmen are now on campus or soon will be. If my experience arriving at Princeton University four years ago is any guide, the days ahead could be more than a little awkward for them. Read more... Shared Responsibilities - Archbishop J. Michael Miller, CSBThe Church's clear teaching, constantly reiterated by the Holy See, affirms that parents are the first educators of their children. Read more... Smart & Good Schools High Schools - Center for the 4th and 5th RsSmart & Good High Schools is a national study of American high schools. The report offers a vision of educational excellence and nearly 100 promising practices designed to foster human flourishing over a lifetime. Read more... Smart and Good Schools: A Paradigm Shift for Character Education - Matthew Davidson, Thomas Lickona, & Vladimir KhmelkovThroughout history and in cultures around the world, education rightly conceived has had two great goals: helping students become smart and helping them become good. They need character for both. Read more... Sociology and the Life of Virtue - Aaron UrbanczykA new study shows off the intellectual bankruptcy lurking behind the vapid emoting young people employ these days when discussing ethical issues. Read more... Solitude and Leadership - William DeresiewiczSolitude and leadership would seem to be contradictory things, but it seems to me that solitude is the very essence of leadership. Read more... Some First Principles of Catholic Education - Gerard T. CampbellThe purpose of this paper is to outline some of the perennial and invariable principles of Catholic education in the hope that they will be of benefit to those who are entrusted with the responsibility of relating them to the contemporary situation. Read more... Speaking Neatly - Roger ScrutonAmerican speech, like English speech, used to sparkle. Read more... Spineless and rude - Lorne GunterTalk about intellectual cowardice and appalling bad manners. Today, Ryerson University will award an honorary science doctorate to Margaret Somerville, one of Canada’s most renowned and respected academics. Read more... Steady As She Goes - Theodore DalrympleThe relation of language to thought has long been a philosophical puzzle, one to which no universally accepted answer has yet been given. Read more... Striking gold in a vast online rubbish dump - J. Fraser FieldJ. Fraser Field says a powerful experience of Christ's presence inspired him to embrace the Catholic faith and eventually to form the Catholic Education Resource Center. Read more... Students Speak Up In Jefferson City for Working Poor - The Catholic KeyThe sixth grade class of St. Patrick School in Kansas City, north, meant business when they came to press lawmakers to pass Senate Bill 575, a measure that if passed will provide the first state earned income tax credit to working poor families. Read more... Study: Private Voucher Students Outperform Peers - CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICEA Harvard University study released Monday finds that African-Americans who receive private educational vouchers perform better in elementary school than their public school counterparts. Read more... Suffering and Joy: Bringing a Joyful Spirit into the Classroom - Douglas McManamanWhat do I want to say to teachers? I want to say, and hopefully show, that what teachers do daily in the classrooms, in the halls, in offices and while supervising Cafeterias, what they do daily has a holiness and a dignity that many of them are almost entirely unaware of. Read more... Supreme Court Supplants Parents - Daniel CereWith this month's ruling, the judges of the Supreme Court of Canada placed themselves between parents and their children and sided with those pressing for the inclusion of gay-parenting literature. The decision clearly signaled that the role of parents as primary moral guides for their children's education is now "subject to judicial review" by our nine lords of the law. Read more... Take back the class, one row at a time - Carol MilstoneA report prepared by the Ontario Coalition for Educational Reform, for which Mrs. Morrison served on the steering committee, calls for the return to things such as desks in rows, classroom discipline (but not corporal punishment) and standardized testing. In short, says the coalition, dispense with today’s child-centred approach to education, and allow the teacher to regain control of the classroom. Read more... Teach Manners - Thomas LickonaManners are minor morals. They are the everyday ways we respect other people and facilitate social relations. They make up the moral fabric of our shared lives. They need to be taught. Read more... Teacher’s Guilt - Gregory RoperIn the middle of the fall semester, I find myself thinking back to the end of another school year, for it was the time that changed my teaching for good — and, I believe, for the better. Read more... Pages: [<<] ... 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 [>>] Further your education with an online MBA degree from an accredited college. Related Categories:Pages Updated On: Sat Apr 27 2013 - 00:34:48
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