Education

Not using Catholic schools? Have you read the Church documents on the issue? I never had, except for a few stray sentences here and there. This article reproduces excerpts from the relevant documents [http://www.catholicexchange.com//en/node/67308]. I found it quite eye-opening. I knew the Church supported

Time for a little rant: Alright, what school is this? Me: "My son's stuff was stolen, along with belongings of two other students. The thefts happened at the same time, during gym class." Staff: "Yup, stuff around here is always getting stolen. We can'

The ongoing cultural contributions of higher education: The North American universities with the best-looking students [http://hottestuniversity.com/]: 1. University of Toronto 2. Oregon State University 3. Purdue University 4. University of North Carolina 5. San Diego State University 6. University of Iowa 7. Queen's University 8. Ohio

These types of studies have been around for years, but they crack me up every time: > Motivational speakers may tell you to believe in yourself, but if you want to do well in school, you may be better off taking a more pessimistic attitude toward your own abilities. In

I watched Drumline with my family Saturday night. It's a movie about a glitzy marching band at an historically-black school in the South (a fictional school, "Atlanta A&T") and its battle with another black school (Morris Brown). It was decent (I'd give

Princeton has released its annual review of the best party schools [http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/P/PARTY_SCHOOLS?SITE=7219&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2006-08-21-18-51-02] . Texas is number one. When I get the complete list, I'll post it. It's a

I've heard that Boston College's "Catholicism" was pretty wretched, but hadn't read much about it. Campus Report has a pretty good piece on it [http://www.campusreportonline.net/main/articles.php?id=944]. Excerpt: > BC also hosts a Lambda Law Students

From an interview with Bishop Carlson of Saginaw [http://www.catholicreport.org/?id=181]: > Catholic schools are our future. We need strong Catholic schools to teach the faith and to evangelize. We need to keep the schools going all the while paying a just wage. As I mentioned, we

Great op-ed piece at NYT today [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/26/opinion/26Budiansky.html?ex=1146196800&en=bd632639265ab8ba&ei=5087%0A] about colleges' attempts to brand their schools. We see an increasing trend: colleges less interested in education and more interested in attracting students. The