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Institutional Diversity and Identity in Catholic Education

May 22, 2024

St. Bonaventure University is a Catholic liberal arts college in upstate New York. Run by the Franciscans, it is perhaps most famous because Thomas Merton once taught there. They deserve to be famous for another piece of history. For a period, they had a core

UK plans to end gender ideology in schools, set age-based sex education rules

May 21, 2024

The United Kingdom’s Department of Education intends to prohibit the promotion of gender ideology within public schools, set age-based guidelines for sex education, and protect parental rights, according to proposed guidance for schools. A proposed update to Relationships, Sex, and Health Education (RSHE) lesson guidance, which is now undergoing

Students with Down Syndrome belong in our Catholic schools

March 21, 2024

If you ask the fifth-graders at St. Mary’s School, they’ll tell you that the luckiest kid in their class is the boy who sits next to my daughter Pia. When I first heard that, I was surprised. At home, Pia rarely sits still for long.

How American Colleges Gave Birth to Cancel Culture

January 24, 2024

Over the past few years, people have been targeted in real life and on social media for having “incorrect” views, and some have even been fired from their jobs for “wrongthink.” While many Americans define this as “cancel culture,” many on the left deny its

College Presidents Just Showed America Their Moral Cowardice

December 11, 2023

The U.S. House of Representatives summoned the presidents of Harvard, MIT, and the University of Pennsylvania to a hearing this week to address the alarming rise of overt antisemitism on their campuses following the Hamas attacks on Israel two months ago. Their responses made it

California governor signs bills that would penalize schools that refuse to teach LGBT content

September 27, 2023

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed legislation that would reduce funding to schools that restrict LGBT content from their classrooms. The bill would centralize state authority over school curricula by fining schools that restrict books that cover homosexuality and gender ideology. Some school boards have

Family Who Fled Germany to Home-School Their Kids Faces Deportation from the U.S.

September 26, 2023

A German family that has lived in the United States for more than a decade after leaving their home country in order to legally home-school their children faces possible deportation next month, their supporters said. The Romeikes — father Uwe, mother Hannelore, and their then-five

North Carolina passes universal school choice

September 25, 2023

North Carolina last week became the 10th U.S. state to enact “universal” school choice by removing barriers to a state program that provides tuition assistance for students attending private schools. North Carolina’s General Assembly gave final approval Sept. 22 to a new state budget that

Prayers for Your Children As They Begin A New School Year

September 12, 2023

The end of August ushers in the beginning of the school year for many, and we are reminded to pray for our children and for their studies throughout the upcoming year. As a mother with two in college, one in high school, and three more

NJ Supreme Court Decides Catholic Schools Can Be Catholic — That’s Good News

August 17, 2023

After almost a decade of litigation, the New Jersey Supreme Court reached the sensible conclusion Aug. 14 that Catholic schools may require their teachers to follow Catholic teaching. That is crucial to the ability of Catholic schools to carry out their mission of training up the next