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Home: Core Subjects: Education: LINKS_PAGE Core Subjects: Education: LINKS_PAGEArticles:The Gentleman’s “A” - David N. Figlio & Maurice E. LucasNew evidence that tough-grading teachers elicit better student performance. Read more... The Gift of Fear - Douglas McManamanTo sweeten the harder points of the Gospel might appear more positive and inviting, but such theology is dangerous and negligent. Read more... The Greats Make a Comeback - George WeigelAlthough my high school years coincided with the Age of Aquarius, I was spared the kind of reading lists that now imagine Dan (DaVinci Code) Brown to be a serious writer, or that ignore the great twentieth-century authors whose fiction reflects the Catholic sacramental imagination: Graham Greene, Flannery O’Connor, Walker Percy, and Evelyn Waugh, to name just the all-stars. Read more... The Holy See’s Teaching On Catholic Schools - Archbishop J. Michael Miller, C.S.BThe Holy See, through its documents and interventions, whether of the Pope or of other Vatican offices, sees in Catholic schools an enormous heritage and an indispensable instrument in carrying out the Church's mission in the third Christian millennium. Ensuring their genuinely Catholic identity is the Church's greatest challenge. Read more... The Idea of a University - Michael NovakFollowing is the text of Michael Novak's commencement address at Ave Maria College in Ann Arbor, Michigan, delivered on May 3, 2003. Read more... The Importance of the Classics - LOUISE COWANThe great books speak to us of honor and love and sacrifice; but they do not always speak in familiar phrases. They do not tell us what we already know. Transcending current opinion and fad, through symbol and metaphor they reveal a clear and uncluttered access to the realities that determine our lives. Read more... The Key to Self-Esteem - J. Fraser FieldI’d like to pass on a few additional reflections about self-esteem and the self-esteem movement. Read more... The Language Police - Diane Ravitch"Adam and Eve"? Replace with "Eve and Adam." "Little person"? Replace with "person of small stature." "Slave"? Replace with "enslaved person." Herewith, an abridgment of bias guidelines issued by major educational publishers and state agencies. Read more... The Late, Great St. Ignatius Institute - Tom HoopesFor those who graduated from the St. Ignatius Institute, the most important thing that needs to be said is that it was, in many ways, exactly what Catholic higher education should be. It was truly alma mater — a “nurturing mother” — to scores of students like me. It trained our minds, our hearts and our wills, and it literally changed us forever. Read more... The Law and the Constitution - James HitchcockA loose, but comfortable, working relationship between religion and the public order was accepted by almost everybody until at least World War II. Read more... Pages: [<<] ... 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 [>>] Related Categories:Pages Updated On: 18-Nov-2008 - 19:25:21
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