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Kathleen Porter-Magee
Kathleen Porter-Magee is an adjunct fellow at the Manhattan Institute and the superintendent of Partnership Schools, a privately managed network of urban Catholic elementary schools in Harlem and the South Bronx in New York City and in Cleveland, Ohio.
Articles by Kathleen Porter-Magee
Catholic schools may lose the ability to enforce dress codes, among other policies, if they “go public” and become charter schools. In this 2016 file photo, students in dress shirts and sweaters read at their desks at Don Bosco Cristo Rey High School in Takoma Park, Md. (OSV Newsnphoto/CNS file, Jaclyn Lippelmann, Catholic Standard)
Politics & SocietyShort Take
The charter school model has not-so-hidden dangers for Catholic education
Kathleen Porter-Magee
Oklahoma has approved public funding for what would be the nation’s first Catholic charter school. What could be the trade-offs in terms of autonomy and religious freedom?
Fifth-grade teacher Madeline Schmitt directs her students at St. Patrick School in Huntington, N.Y., on Sept. 9, 2020. Most Catholic schools returned to in-person learning earlier than public schools during the Covid-19 pandemic. (CNS photo/Gregory A. Shemitz)
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Catholic school enrollment rose for the first time in decades thanks to our Covid response. Here’s how to keep it up.
Kathleen Porter-Magee
The consistent quality of Catholic schools attracted new students during the Covid pandemic. Now the challenge is to extend our mission and welcome more families in disadvantaged areas.
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Politics & SocietyShort Take
In an age of extreme individualism, Catholic schools are more important than ever
Kathleen Porter-Magee
Traditional values can help individuals stay out of poverty, writes Kathleen Porter-Magee, and Catholic schools are still teaching them—resisting the slogan “do what feels good.”