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Home: Core Subjects: Education: LINKS_PAGE Core Subjects: Education: LINKS_PAGEArticles:The Liberal Arts and Sexual Morality - Peter KreeftAre the liberal arts and sexual morality connected? There is strong evidence that they are, for if we graph their development over the last half-century, we will see an almost identical curve of accelerating decline. Although this proves nothing, it certainly suggests something worth exploring more deeply. Read more... The Limits of Tolerance - Tim DrakeWhen the president of a Catholic university, Fr. Robert Spitzer, S.J., refused to allow a pro-abortion speaker to appear on campus, he touched off a lively debate about the nature of academic freedom and the implications of a school’s Catholic identity. Read more... The Lost Tools of Learning - Dorothy L. SayersI am not here to consider the feelings of academic bodies: I am concerned only with the proper training of the mind to encounter and deal with the formidable mass of undigested problems presented to it by the modern world. Read more... The Mandatum Debuts - Brian McGuireWhat will the new mandatum mean for America's Catholic universities? Read more... The Mission for Youth and for All: Making God Present in Society - Pope Benedict XVIOn Thursday evening, 6 April, Pope Benedict XVI met with young people from Rome and the Lazio Region in St. Peter's Square, in preparation for the 21st World Youth Day that was celebrated on Palm Sunday, 9 April. "Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path" (Ps 119[118]:105) was the theme chosen by the Holy Father for this event. Read more... The Nature of Our Minds - FULTON J. SHEENEvery human being at his birth has everything to learn. Read more... The Neutrality Principle - James E. RyanThe law regarding vouchers is in the midst of fundamental change. About a year ago, no one knew whether voucher programs could include private religious schools without running afoul of the First Amendment’s establishment clause. Today, after the Supreme Court’s 2002 decision in Zelman v. Simmons-Harris, not only is it clear that voucher programs may include private religious schools, but it is quite possible that they must. Read more... The New Counterculture - Margaret TalbotThe rapid growth of the home-schooling movement owes much to the energy and organizational skills of its Christian advocates. Read more... The New Curriculum: Reading, Writing, and Self-esteem - J. Fraser FieldOne of the most dominant articles of faith pervading the modern curriculum is the notion that children can't achieve and won’t succeed unless they have high self-esteem. Read more... The other Crisis in American Education - DANIEL J. SINGALA college professor looks at the forgotten victims of our mediocre public educational system-the potentially high achievers whose SAT scores have fallen, and who read less, understand less of what they read, and know less than the top students of a generation ago. Read more... Pages: [<<] ... 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 [>>] Related Categories:Pages Updated On: 18-Nov-2008 - 19:25:22
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