The Internal Revenue Service is proposing a rule change that would impact about 30 percent of the student population in the Catholic schools of the Archdiocese of Dubuque, as well as thousands of others attending nonpublic schools in Iowa and other states.
Catholic Education
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
Georgetown Prep president: Working for hope in a season of contempt
“In their efforts to be men who show respect, men who seek to serve, men who want to offer hope, our students offer witness that bad behavior and cynicism do not have to be the end of this story.”
Posted inFaith
What is the future of Jesuit education?
Our Oct. 3 guest is Michael C. McCarthy, S.J., vice president for mission integration and planning and an associate professor of theology at Fordham University. We discuss his recent article, “The Uncertain Future of Jesuit Education.” We also discuss these stories: St. John Paul II envisioned a big church. So why are millennials feeling excluded? Four […]
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Catholic University students call for dean ouster over Kavanaugh tweets
Some students at The Catholic University of America are calling for the resignation of a dean following a series of tweets he wrote criticizing women who accused Judge Brett Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct.
Posted inFaith, News
Head of Georgetown Prep urges renewed commitment to being ‘men for others’
The letter comes in the wake of an allegation of sexual misconduct raised against Judge Brett Kavanaugh, a 1983 graduate of Georgetown Preparatory School in North Bethesda, Maryland, who has been nominated to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court.
Posted inDispatches, Faith
Catholic schools challenged by changing demographics
Only about 8 percent of teachers in Catholic schools are Hispanic, compared with 17 percent of students. Low salaries and a weak professional pipeline make it difficult to diversify the teaching staff.
Posted inFaith, Last Take
Brett Kavanaugh and toxic masculinity: lessons from another all-male Jesuit high school
A reflection from the president of Fordham Prep
Posted inEditorials, Politics & Society
Catholic schools need the vibrancy of the Latino community
Knowing that the future of the church will largely be in the hands of Latinos, it is paramount that Catholic schools help form them in the faith and help them become our future leaders.
Posted inFaith, News
Jesuit schools place highly in U.S. News and World Report Rankings
Creighton, Fairfield and Santa Clara all earned the top spot in their respective geographic regions.
Posted inCommunity
A National Town Hall on Latinos & Catholic Education
Join America Media & The Catholic University of America as we host a national town hall on the future of Latinos and Catholic Education in the United States.