Catholic Schools Week Returns

by Matt Emerson January 26, 2015

Catholic Schools Week has begun The annual weeklong celebration runs from Jan 25 until Jan 31 The National Catholic Education Association notes The theme for the National Catholic Schools Week 2015 is ldquo Catholic Schools Communities of Faith Knowledge and Service rdquo Schools typically

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Innovation at Georgetown University

by Matt Emerson January 23, 2015

Georgetown University announced a new infusion of funding — 4 million — for its impressive project to reimagine the future of higher education The project Designing the Future s of the University engages quot the university community in an exploration of issues facing academia and expe

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Offering a Review Long After the Class Ends

by Matt Emerson January 22, 2015

My colleagues and I recently received student survey results from surveys conducted at the end of the Fall semester Reading these always tends to inspire a bit of unease as one never knows mdash even as a veteran teacher mdash how it 39 s going to go What will they say about me this time around

Giselle Ayala, 14, of Norcross, Ga., takes a diagnostic placement test at Cristo Rey Atlanta Jesuit High School Aug. 4. Some 160 first-year students took the placement exam at the newest Catholic high school in the community.

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Onward for Cristo Rey Atlanta

by Matt Emerson January 21, 2015

Writing in the Saporta Report Atlanta nbsp Bill Garrett President of Cristo Rey High Atlanta Jesuit High School discusses the significance and successes of a Cristo Rey model school Sometimes we only hear about the problems of schools mdash high costs lack of measurable results questions of

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Seven Arguments for Refusing the E-Reader

by Matt Emerson January 20, 2015

In the winter edition of Notre Dame Magazine Prof Lawrence S Cunningham the John A O 39 Brien Professor of Theology emeritus at Notre Dame admits to holding quot horrendously old-fashioned views quot on what counts as a real bookstore then edifyingly regales readers with an overview of why