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Home: Core Subjects: Education: LINKS_PAGE Core Subjects: Education: LINKS_PAGEArticles:Where Fathers and Sons Meet -- St. Thomas H.S. - JOHN SAGE & THADDEUS J. KOSENSSt. Thomas High School has always been the kind of place that does not shrink from a test of character. Read more... Where the Boys Aren't: Single Sex Schools Are Making a Comeback - Eve TushnetGirls’ schools were the first to make a comeback, after decades of disparagement. Now boys’ schools are attracting new interest from parents and educators. Read more... 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. Read more... 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. Read more... Why Not Your Best? - Hal UrbanWhen I was a high school history and psychology teacher, one of the life lessons I wanted to pass on to all of my students had to do with effort, determination, diligence, and good old-fashioned hard work. Read more... 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. Read more... 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. Read more... 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... Read more... You are what you read - Barbara KaySchools shouldn’t let children pick their own books. Read more... Pages: [<<] ... 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 [>>] Related Categories:Pages Updated On: 06-Jan-2009 - 14:49:44
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