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Home: Core Subjects: Education: LINKS_PAGE Core Subjects: Education: LINKS_PAGEArticles: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... 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 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... 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... Pages: [<<] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 ... [>>] Related Categories:Pages Updated On: 02-Nov-2009 - 17:55:42
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