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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...

ACE Statement on DACA

For hundreds of years, Catholic schools in the United States have opened their doors and welcomed immigrants from all lands. These schools stood – and continue to stand – as...

September 6, 2017

"Michigan Gambled on Charter Schools. Its Children Lost." from the New York Times Magazine

Toss a dart at a map of Detroit, and the bull's-eye, more or less, would be a tiny city called Highland Park. Only three square miles, Highland Park is surrounded...

September 5, 2017

Dr. Dan Bowen: The Importance of Extracurriculars

Before he became an award-winning education researcher, Dan Bowen, Ph.D., was an improv coach. A middle school improv coach, to be precise. Bowen, recent recipient of the Michael Pressley Award...

August 30, 2017

"Illinois Passes Landmark Funding Bill Creating Tax Credit Scholarship, Sending More Money to Poor Schools" from The 74

Illinois lawmakers passed a landmark compromise that would revamp the way schools are funded and create the state's first private school choice program. The Senate on Tuesday afternoon voted 38-13...

August 30, 2017

"On Third Try, Illinois House Approves Education Funding Bill" from The Chicago Tribune

Following some twists and turns, the Illinois House on Monday narrowly approved a historic overhaul of the way the state funds schools, a key step toward freeing up money for...

August 29, 2017

"Do Traditional Public Schools Benefit from Charter Competition?" from The Washington Post

The late Gerald Bracey, once called "America's most acerbic educational psychologist," spent most of his time calling out bad education research and data, trying to explain that things did not...

August 28, 2017

Rachel Luna: A Surprise Speaker

An unexpected guest brought tears to many eyes at the University of Notre Dame's Alliance for Catholic Education Commencement this summer. At the invitation of Fr. Tim Scully, C.S.C., Rachel...

August 24, 2017

For sixty years, St. Rose of Lima Catholic Academy has been working small miracles in a low-income, predominantly Latino neighborhood of southwest Denver. Operating within a limited budget, the school...