The drumbeat of support continued for passage of the Education Investment Tax Credit, which would give a tax credit to people who donate to public schools and to scholarship funds for parochial school.
Catholic education
Keeping Catholic Schools Catholic
Will the Church be allowed to staff its schools with teachers who teach and live what the Catholic Church believes, or will the state try to coerce Catholic schools to employ teaching staff according to other criteria?
Supreme Court Orders Review of Obamacare – Notre Dame Ruling
The Supreme Court ordered the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to reconsider its previous ruling and review whether the University of Notre Dame must pay for coverage of contraceptives in health insurance plans.
Xaverian H.S. Announces It Will Admit Girls in 2016
The school’s board voted unanimously to expand co-education from its middle school program to the high school grades.
Tablet TALK: Snows’ Student-Scientists Get Familiar With Frogs
Eighth graders at Our Lady of the Snows School get a leg up on high school, Father Gregory Tatum talks about Passover at St. Joseph’s Seminary and College, a little girl from Ireland needs your help and more in this week’s Tablet Talk.
Cardinal Dolan Pays a Visit to Cathedral Prep
“I love Cathedral Prep’s motto, ‘Men For Greatness,’” Cardinal Dolan said, reminding us that the first step to becoming great is realizing that you’re not.
Notre Dame Mourns Death of Fr. Hesburgh
Father Hesburgh led the university through a period of dramatic growth during 35 years as president and held sway with political and civil rights leaders.
Student Techies at Fontbonne
Students from Fontbonne Hall Academy, Bay Ridge, are not known to pass up an opportunity to learn more about technology. Last month, a group of students attended Techweek’s LAUNCH Start Up Competition in Manhattan. They met the next generation of technical inventors and professionals who were there to compete for $50,000 in cash and prizes. […]
Future of Catholic Schools
Dear Editor: While explaining charity, Pope Francis said, “True charity requires courage: let us overcome the fear of getting our hands dirty so as to help those in need.” At Futures In Education, our courage comes from our benefactors who give of themselves in order to provide opportunities for the children in our Catholic schools […]
Reason for Our Schools
Christ is the reason for our schools. The ultimate lesson that we want our students to know comes from Jesus.