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Home: Core Subjects: Education: LINKS_PAGE Core Subjects: Education: LINKS_PAGEArticles:Is Private Schooling Privatizing - CHRISTIAN SMITH & DAVID SIKKINKQuestion: Are families that choose private schools and home education for their children more likely than families involved in public schools to be socially isolated and withdrawn from participation in civic life? Answer: Absolutely not. Read more... Is the Fetus a Person? - Andrew McCrackenUpon completion of this lesson, students will understand that the embryo or fetus is a human person. Age level: Grade 10-12 (15-18 years old). Time: 60 minutes. Read more... Israel: Whose Land Is It? - Jimmy AkinI’m not going to solve that long-standing and thorny question of who has rightful claim to the land of Israel, but I can offer some considerations that need to be taken into account when forming an opinion on the subject. Read more... It's All Your Fault - Theodore DalrympleOne way and another, I have spent a lot of my life in the study of resentment, my own and that of others. Read more... It's Not Theft, It's Pastiche - Christine RosenCollege students plagiarize routinely, especially from the Internet. Read more... It's Tough to be a Boy in American Schools - John Leo"It's a bad time to be a boy in America," Christina Sommers says in her important new book, "The War Against Boys." "We are turning against boys," she writes. Read more... Keep the Faith: Integrating Faith and the Public Schools Without Mixing Church and State - Eric BuehrerIn too many schools, Christianity is censored out of the curriculum and off the campus. Think about how many children go through twelve years of education and never learn anything of significance about Christianity. Here the case is made that teaching students about Christianity and its positive influence on American culture is not only possible, it’s legal, and a legitimate academic pursuit for public schools. Read more... Land O'Lakes and the CUA Wars, 40 years later - George WeigelForty years ago this coming summer, some two dozen prominent Catholic educators met at a Wisconsin resort and issued the "Land O'Lakes Statement." Read more... Language Guardian - Joseph EpsteinAn online journal fights for clear, expressive English. Read more... Latin Grounds - John R. DunlapTwo Fridays ago, about twenty minutes before my 11:45 Elementary Latin class, a student came to my office to drop the course. Read more... Learning Among The Ruins - JAMES HITCHCOCKEven more than the Church, the university encapsulates the entire modern cultural crisis, because the university defines itself as the bearer of the totality of culture, past and present. Read more... Learning for Everyone - Robert K. LandersAlex Beam, a columnist for the Boston Globe, set out to write a book that wasn't great -- and, mirabile dictu, he has succeeded. Read more... Learning the old-fashioned way - Barbara KayBack to school! To mark the occasion, I recommend a little book for parents of school-age children. Read more... Learning to Forgive - Dr. Richard P. Fitzgibbons, Robert Enright, & Thomas F. O'BrienAngry students are likely to repress their feelings or act out, but there is another option. Read more... Lesson #1: Good teachers share one special quality - Hal UrbanAside from the importance of the actual content of a teacher's lessons, there are certain personal qualities and virtues which really excellent teachers embody. Read more... Let Your Freak Flag Fly: A Classroom Story - Augustine R. C. MazzeoEven the most steadfast egalitarian institution betrays itself in practice. Read more... Liberal Arts Education in a Free Society - James V. Schall, S.J.Liberal education agrees with Plato that self-rule is at the heart of civil order. Read more... Like it or not - Charles ColsonParents and students attending this year’s commencement at Georgetown University, a Catholic school, would surely expect to hear a commencement address that took Catholic teaching seriously. And that’s what they got. But many in the crowd were offended, even outraged. Read more... Lipstick Jungle - Ashley SamelsonA few weeks ago, I helped my 18-year-old sister move into her freshman dorm at Hillsdale College in Michigan. Read more... Louv's Nature Principle - to the sourceThe well-being of children – but also of adults – requires that we have regular exposure to nature. We all need regular doses of Vitamin "N" (for nature). Read more... Low-Income Scholarships on the Rise - Paul F. SteidlerJust imagine how terrible it would be if an impoverished child going to a drug-infested, poorly performing public school were given an opportunity to attend a school of his parents' choice. Read more... Making a Difference from 30,000 Feet - Phyllis BussingIn the Catholic Schools of the Diocese of Evansville we were privileged to discover this curriculum to teach our students what it means to be a hero in today's world. Read more... Making a God of Self-Esteem - KATHLEEN GOWThese days, taking issue with making a god of self-esteem probably places one somewhere between Atilla the Hun and the early Desert Fathers. But so be it! Read more... Mandatum Cover-Up? - Tim DrakeThe scandals that dominated headlines last year painted an unwelcome picture of the Church: Lay Catholics' requests for action and information were being stonewalled. In 2003, parents of college-age children say they're seeing the same thing happening again. Read more... Mandatum Cover-Up? — Part II: Georgetown - Tim DrakeThe National Catholic Register is conducting an ongoing investigation of Catholic colleges and universities featured in U.S. News and World Report's college guide. Here we ask the question: Are parents allowed to know whether those who teach theology intend to teach in communion with the Church? Or has the opposite happened — is the canon law mandatum being used to protect dissenters? Read more... Pages: [<<] ... 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 ... [>>] Further your education with an online MBA degree from an accredited college. Related Categories:Pages Updated On: Tue Jun 18 2013 - 16:55:39
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