Oklahoma has approved public funding for what would be the nation’s first Catholic charter school. What could be the trade-offs in terms of autonomy and religious freedom?
Kathleen Porter-Magee
Kathleen Porter-Magee is an adjunct fellow at the Manhattan Institute and the superintendent of Partnership Schools, a privately managed network of urban Catholic elementary schools in Harlem and the South Bronx in New York City and in Cleveland, Ohio.
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Catholic school enrollment rose for the first time in decades thanks to our Covid response. Here’s how to keep it up.
The consistent quality of Catholic schools attracted new students during the Covid pandemic. Now the challenge is to extend our mission and welcome more families in disadvantaged areas.
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In an age of extreme individualism, Catholic schools are more important than ever
Traditional values can help individuals stay out of poverty, writes Kathleen Porter-Magee, and Catholic schools are still teaching them—resisting the slogan “do what feels good.”