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New Remick Research Designed to Deepen Scholarship That Sustains K-8 Principals

Pictured Frankie Jones, Remick faculty and one of seven researchers on the project. A survey of more than a thousand Catholic grade school principals will inform new research from the...

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Cristo Rey Founder Honored for Lifetime of Service to Catholic Education

The founder of Cristo Rey Jesuit High School in Chicago’s Pilsen neighborhood, Fr. John P. Foley, S.J., has been honored for his life’s work to strengthen Catholic Schools by the...

Coach Lou Holtz Visits Notre Dame ACE Academies in Indianapolis

On Thursday May 10, Coach Lou Holtz visited Indianapolis to greet leaders, teachers, students, and friends of the five Notre Dame ACE Academies within the Archdiocese of Indianapolis.

May 10, 2018

"The Next 200 Years: A Post Mortem of the Once Promising Jubilee Catholic Schools" from EdChoice

When the diocese in Memphis shut down the once promising Jubilee Catholic Schools, I was surprised like many others in the Catholic education community. What happened, and what can we...

May 7, 2018

"Lawmakers Seek to Dismantle School-Choice Scholarship Program for Low-Income Students" from Illinois Policy

It's evident that too many Illinois students aren't receiving the education they deserve. Illinois students' level of college-readiness trails the national average, despite the fact that per-student education spending in...

April 26, 2018

Today's Homework: Submarine Sandwiches, Basketball, and Lightsabers for All

Tick. Tick. Tick. Tick. Click. Liam's eyes fix on the clock above the blackboard. Tick. Tick. Still no sign of one of his students. "He showed up late if he...

April 25, 2018

"Education Reform Suffers When Politicians Put Careers Before Kids" from RealClearEducation

School choice remains a popular concept across the nation. A recent national poll by the American Federation for Children found that 63 percent of likely voters supported school choice. The...

April 19, 2018

Teachers Helping Teachers: Tim Hankins, ACE 22

In this fifth installment of Teachers Helping Teachers, Tim Hankins (ACE 22, Memphis) discusses how he uses art in his social studies and religion classes at Memphis Catholic Middle &...

April 19, 2018

"The Next 200 Years: Studying the Long-Term Effects of Catholic-to-Charter 'Conversion'" from EdChoice

In 2014, Andrew Kelly and I wrote Sector Switchers: Why Catholic Schools Convert to Charters and What Happens Next, an examination of 18 formerly Catholic schools that had "converted" (sorry...

April 10, 2018

Tulsa ACE Advocates: Truly One of A Kind

No man is an island, pay it forward, and those little fruit snacks from Costco. This is to say support comes in all shapes and sizes. Everybody needs it. Nobody...

April 8, 2018

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New Remick Research Designed to Deepen Scholarship That Sustains K-8 Principals

Cristo Rey Founder Honored for Lifetime of Service to Catholic Education