On this week’s Catholic School Matters Radio Hour podcast, I have a great podcast with three great leaders in Catholic schools. First my old friend Kent Hickey, the current president of Seattle Prep, discusses lessons learned from the Amanda Knox trial. In his first year as president, Amanda Knox was arrested for an international murder which became […]
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If you don’t go to somebody’s funeral, they won’t go to yours. – Yogi Berra Robert Putnam used the above quote to illustrate his point about the importance of reciprocal social connections and the loss of community in Bowling Alone, his 2001 work on the loss of community in America and the need to re-establish […]
Weekly Round Up 1/25/2019
Didn’t have the chance to check in with NCEA Talk each day? We’ve got you covered. Each Friday NCEA Talk will post a roundup of Catholic education news and resources from the week. Happening Next Week January 27 – February 2 is National Catholic Schools Week. We look forward to being a part of your […]
Catholic School Matters Radio Hour
Episode 144 of the Catholic School Matters Radio Hour spotlights School Choice. I begin the podcast with a short conversation with John Schoenig, the Senior Director of School Policy and Teacher Formation for ACE at Notre Dame. He shares information about the Reform Leaders Summit (and there is still time to get in your application). […]
Support Student Navigation and Success with the ACT Holistic Framework
The following blog was contributed by Angie McAllister, Senior Vice President, Research at ACT, Inc. Imagine a child who is told they must get from point A to point B, without a map, GPS system, or help from someone who knows the way. Now imagine a different child who is given a supportive guide to […]
Weekly Round Up 1/18/2019
Didn’t have the chance to check in with NCEA Talk each day? We’ve got you covered. Each Friday NCEA Talk will post a roundup of Catholic education news and resources from the week. Happening Next Week Many Gifts, One Nation: A Day of Giving to Catholic Schools is January 29 – 30, 2019 during National […]
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In honor of National School Choice Week, I have a special issue of Catholic School Matters. We are in support of School Choice in order to give more students opportunities to attend excellent schools—especially poor and disadvantaged students. Catholic Education Partners published an article describing their efforts to support School Choice in Catholic education. This […]
Catholic School Matters Radio Hour
This week, I spotlight Guardian Catholic School in Jacksonville on the Catholic School Matters Radio Hour podcast. The school has a remarkable story and is at the intersection of many trends in Catholic education—mission-centered education, school choice, robust development programs, building a new school, combining two parish schools, a new governance model, and an order […]
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One of the my joys over Christmas break was discovering the work of Thomas Sergiovanni, specifically the great little book Moral Leadership published in 1992. Sergiovanni provides a recipe for creating and reinforcing school communities based on morality—as opposed to bureaucracy. It’s holding up the caring community model as opposed to the dreaded factory model […]
Weekly Round Up 1/11/2019
Didn’t have the chance to check in with NCEA Talk each day? We’ve got you covered. Each Friday NCEA Talk will post a roundup of Catholic education news and resources from the week. In case you missed it… Catholic School Matters Radio Hour Catholic School Matters Top 5 Happening Next Week Many Gifts, One Nation: […]
