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Home: Core Subjects: Education: LINKS_PAGE Core Subjects: Education: LINKS_PAGEArticles:A Time to Move On - Anthony EsolenAnthony Esolen on Sending Our Children into Eternity (A Graduation Address). Read more... A Time to Speak - Mike S. AdamsDear Intimidated Christian: I want to thank you for coming by the office last week to vent your frustrations over the anti-Christian remarks your professor has been making in the classroom. Read more... A Tribute to John Senior - Patrick MartinTen years ago yesterday, an extraordinary man died after having touched many minds and hearts. Read more... A Turn Toward Truth - Colleen Carroll CampbellThe increasing concern with society's moral decadence has surfaced among the young. Growing numbers of young Americans are gravitating toward traditional faith and mores, and pollsters have detected a rightward shift among the young on issues of sexual morality. Read more... A University of a Particular Kind - Fr. Richard John NeuhausToday the Christian university is in crisis. At least in many institutions, there is a dying of the light. Read more... A “Comprehensive” Problem - Jay P. GreeneTo say that improving high-school student achievement is like turning a supertanker around would be an insult to the speed and maneuverability of supertankers. Read more... Academic freedom under seige - Barbara KayIn the annals of dubious achievements a “first” by academics in a democratic country: On May 30, British academics representing the Union of Colleges and Universities (UCU) voted in favour (158-99, 17 abstentions) of boycotting their professional (Israeli) peers. Read more... Academic Freedom: The Grounds for Tolerating Abuses - ROBERT P. GEORGEWe are all familiar - indeed, all too familiar - with abuses of academic freedom. Read more... Adler on Education - MORTIMER J. ADLERIndividuals whose schooling was specialized rather than liberal and who do not continue learning when they leave schooling behind, or do so only to improve their specialized expertise, never become generally educated human beings. This statement holds for most physicians, lawyers, and engineers, as well as for most who getting a Ph.D. merely indicated the field of specialization they would cultivate thereafter. Read more... Ah, Youth: When the Church Was Young - Mike AquilinaThe Church Fathers had a distinctive approach to youth ministry. I discovered it in the course of an afternoon's research. Read more... All Schools Are Public Schools - Jason BoffettiTraining good citizens is the public purpose all schools serve, whether we call them public or private. Our goal in this paper is to question the premise that only publicly run schools serve the public good and therefore are entitled to public money. At various times in world and American history, private schools have not only served the public good but have also received public money. And nobody thought this was unusual. Read more... All Schools Are Public Schools: Funding All Schools - Jason BoffettiBoffetti questions the unspoken premise in education debates that only publicly run schools serve the public good and should therefore be entitled to public money. Training good citizens is the public purpose all schools serve, whether we call them public or private. At various times in world and American history, private schools have been widely recognized as serving the public good and have received public money for the work they do. No one found this unusual. Read more... All Schools Are Public Schools: Private Schools, Public Good - Jason BoffettiAre private alternatives adequate substitutes for public schools and should they receive public funding. With respect to both Catholic schools and home schooling it is clear good education doesn’t depend on big government budgets. Unfortunately, these private alternatives currently face both legal and financial threats. If they disappear, parents will have even fewer choices in education. Read more... American Amnesia - William DamonYoung people in this country are failing civics, which is a crisis for the nation. Read more... An age when grammar meant something - Wayne EyreAs a former English teacher, I like to think that I have a respectable grasp of English grammar. It’s a mixed blessing, however: I’m forever wincing at grammatical gaffes. Read more... An Explanation of Why CERC did not Post Dawn Eden's Thesis - CERCPeople have been asking me why we haven't posted Dawn Eden's thesis, which was critical of Christopher West, when we have represented ourselves as wanting to be a clearinghouse for reasoned arguments on both sides of this issue. Read more... An Illiberal Education - Father James V. Schall, S.J.In an interview at Thomas Aquinas College, Ralph McInerny praised the school because students there had no choice about what classes they were to take during their college years. Read more... Answering the big questions - Father Raymond J. de SouzaIt is fortuitous that our series on teaching children about religion is running during the Olympics. Read more... Are Christians Prepared for Persecution? - James HitchcockThe single greatest enemy of a vibrant Christianity in the United States is not its proclaimed opponents but the deep, seemingly ineradicable complacency of its own adherents. Read more... Are School Children for Sale to Advertisers? - PHYLLIS SCHLAFLYPublic schools have emerged as the advertisers' dream come true. Read more... Are Vouchers Good for Catholic Education? - Faith and Reason InstituteOn May 19, 2000, the Faith & Reason Institute sponsored a debate and discussion in the U.S. Capitol Building on the potential benefits and dangers of government vouchers for Catholic schools. The presenters were House Majority Leader Dick Armey, Father William F. Davis of the U.S. Catholic Conference, Michael Hartmann of Milwaukee’s Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Brother Bob Smith of Messmer High School, and Douglas Dewey of the Children’s Scholarship Fund. A slightly edited version of their remarks appears below. Read more... Are We Living in a Moral Stone Age? - Christina Hoff SommersToday's young people are suffering from "cognitive moral confusion." They not only have trouble distinguishing right from wrong — they question whether such standards even exist. The threat this moral relativism poses to society is greater than any external danger. Read more... Ave Maria founder Tom Monaghan is a man of faith, plans and action - Marci ElliottAll he wanted to do was work hard to make something of himself. And someday, maybe, to provide for a wife and family. And be an architect. Read more... Aztecs vs. Greeks - Charles MurrayThose with superior intelligence need to learn to be wise. Read more... Back to History: Returning Students Have New Textbook - Tim DrakeWhen students return to school this year, some will have a new resource that has not been available for more than 35 years - a modern, full-color, authentically Catholic history textbook. Read more... Pages: [<<] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 ... [>>] Further your education with an online MBA degree from an accredited college. Related Categories:Pages Updated On: Sat Feb 04 2012 - 16:09:38
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