Catholic education Archives

Catholic schools pull gender identity play aimed at elementary students

Catholic News Agency, Global Church
May 12, 2017

An elementary school play called “Boys, Girls and Other Mythological Creatures,” about a young boy who questions his gender identity was cancelled in several schools in Canada because of age-appropriateness concerns.

Three opportunities for Catholic colleges to live their mission

Church in the US
April 3, 2017

Although there is a lot of controversy about how Catholic institutions of higher education exhibit their Catholic identity, there are three simple ways Catholic colleges could try and live out their faith without causing any protests.

School vouchers gain support, see smoother path ahead

Catholic News Service, Church in the US
March 20, 2017

Supporters of school voucher programs are looking forward to action on the issue given the Trump administration’s focus on it. Trump’s budget doesn’t explain how it will work out, but his education secretary says she has a plan.

Aquinas College makes changes, will now offer only degrees in education

Catholic News Service, Church in the US
March 13, 2017

With enrollment dwindling to 250 students and the school’s endowment down to $5 million, the congregation and the school’s board decided to make changes now while they still had options, Sister Anne Catherine said.

Cardinal Dolan op-ed urges passage of nationwide school choice bill

Catholic News Service, Church in the US
March 10, 2017

Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New York urged President Donald Trump to “push Congress to make scholarship tax credits available to working-class families.” The cardinal called for rapid action in Congress so that families can have a choice on where to send their children to school.

Educators form lives that are ready to face the future, pope says

Catholic News Service, Vatican
February 9, 2017

During a plenary assembly with members of the Congregation for Catholic Education, Pope Francis said that young people who are “educated in a Christian way for dialogue, will come out of the classroom motivated to build bridges and, therefore, to find new answers to the many challenges of our times.”