The sharpest enrollment decline was for prekindergarten enrollment at Catholic schools, which was down almost 27 percent.
Catholic Education
Posted inFaith, Jesuit School Spotlight
How an 11-month school year and 10-hour days help prepare boys in Phoenix to be men for others
Loyola Academy at Brophy College Preparatory in Phoenix is a program for incoming sixth grade boys who demonstrate academic gifts and financial need.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
The Jesuits partner with descendants of enslaved people they once owned and sold to raise $100 million for racial justice
The Society of Jesus is teaming up with the descendants of enslaved people once owned by the religious order to reconcile and heal the deep racial wounds of America.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Confronting Racism in Basketball and the Jesuits: The Extraordinary Life of Georgetown’s John Thompson
John Thompson Jr.’s autobiography reflects its author’s personality: challenging, unapologetic and unsparingly acute in its observations beyond the basketball court.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
Sister Stephen changed my life in the fourth grade. Now, she’s in her 90s and teaching (in person) during a pandemic.
Mary Stephen Healey, R.D.C. has continued to lead and serve the students, faculty and families at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel School in Elmsford, N.Y., even during a pandemic.
Posted inDispatches, Faith
Catholic schools are facing the biggest enrollment drop in 50 years. This one is bucking the trend.
Catholic school enrollment dropped by 111,000 last year. But at St. Joseph, a small Catholic school in Anderson, S.C., the student body has nearly doubled.
Posted inFaith, Jesuit School Spotlight
What the first woman to run BC High thinks is key to creating and educating good men
An interview with Grace Cotter Regan, the first woman president of BC High
Posted inPolitics & Society, What Coronavirus Taught Us
What Coronavirus Taught Us about Catholic Colleges and Universities
We must continue to deliver a timeless education using whatever new tools come to hand.
Posted inPolitics & Society, What Coronavirus Taught Us
What Coronavirus Taught us about Catholic Schools
Catholic schools can pivot in order to benefit the person.
Posted inFaith, News
Vincent Rougeau named president of the College of the Holy Cross
On July 1, Vincent Rougeau, the dean of Boston College Law School, will become the next president of the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Mass.