School choice does not mean abandoning the commitment to the common good exemplified by the Catholic school system.
Catholic Education
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
On immigration, founding charisms can guide Catholic schools
College charisms are not relics but principles for an age of political uncertainty.
Posted inMagazine, Your Take
The Letters
Religious education has been a babysitting service for far too long.
Posted inFaith, Your Take
How would you rate your experience of parish-based religious education?
We received a wide range of responses to our request to America readers to rate their experiences of parish-based religious education. Some, like Maria Barrera of Brooklyn, N.Y., described religious education as a “wholesome” time for her children that positively affected how her family practiced the faith, thanks to the hard work of her parish […]
Posted inDispatches, Faith
A new Jesuit program is bringing education to some of the world’s refugees
Students gather outside the schools before the first day of class, ready to learn new skills or improve their language skills, both of which can be invaluable for making a living in refugee camps.
Posted inEditorials, Faith
Religious education is broken. It’s time to fix our Sunday school culture.
When choosing to believe is more and more a revolutionary act, religious education must do much more than hand on the basic tenets of the faith.
Posted inFaith
The best way to teach your kids about the faith? Start with the family.
Can changes to religious education reduce the exodus of young adult Catholics?
Posted inFaith, Philosopher's Notebook
A new standard for teachers: Are they respectful, tolerant and open to diversity?
Courage can erupt in the most unexpected corners.
Posted inFaith, Of Many Things
Did you know the Jesuits were founded in a dorm room? Here’s what that says about the election.
It might interest you to know that the Society of Jesus really began in a college dorm room in September 1529.
Posted inIn All Things, Politics & Society
Catholic schools can keep out teacher unions. That doesn’t mean they should.
If a bishop or school system decides to bust the union, teachers have few tools at their disposal to resist.