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Education
Posted inArts & Culture, Ideas
The Corrosion of High School Debate—And How It Mirrors American Politics
300 Words a Minute, and Going Nowhere: High School Debate Today.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Illinois Catholic schools set to receive support through new scholarship tax credit program
Proponents say the program will help to provide scholarships for 6,000 to 10,000 students in religious and other private schools statewide.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
How modern technology helped me teach theology to uninterested college students
I have found that it is unproductive to force theological ideas into the minds of students despite their disinterest.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
How Catholic business schools can do better than Harvard
Where elite secular schools fall short of setting the tone needed to humanize the world of business, Catholic schools can deliver.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Catholic school advocates press Trump to strengthen school choice programs
Eight months into his presidency, advocates of “school choice” wonder if the president will be able to deliver on his promise.
Posted inEditorials, Politics & Society
Millennials are killing homeownership. But don’t blame them—blame student debt
Heavy debt from a college education can only make it more difficult for young adults to undertake the commitments of marriage and parenthood.
Posted inFaith, Features
The document that changed Catholic education forever
Although most agree that the Land O’ Lakes statement has had a pervasive influence on Catholic higher education over the last 50 years, many have seen its influence as unconstructive or simply pernicious.
Posted inArts & Culture, Ideas
A Jesuit perspective on Harry Potter
Religious studies professor William Reiser, S.J., reflects on his use of Harry Potter in the classroom.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Schools have the right to limit free speech. But how much should they?
Discussions that lead to cooperative compliance are better than banning speech.