Eric Scheske

Subscribe

Education

Hot for Teacher

Morality by democracy: Enough teachers are doin' it, it must be kinda good, right? > Britain should drop its moral outrage over sexual relationships between pupils and teachers and accept that an "erotic charge" in the classroom can be an aid to teaching, a Sheffield University academic

Innocent 8-Year-Old Tormented

Hey, maybe if they allowed corporal punishment, the administrators wouldn't have to get so creative: > Some parents in a local school district say the principal was out of line for taking by the hand an 8-year-old accused of stealing into every classroom in the school and telling

Get Out the Hedge Trimmers!

> The Vatican's number two education official predicts that Pope Benedict XVI will follow a path of "evangelical pruning" of secularized Catholic colleges and universities, declaring them no longer Catholic. > Archbishop Michael Miller, secretary of the Vatican Congregation for Catholic Education and former president of

More Gay Catholic College Activity

Just can't seem to get enough of it: > More than 40 Catholic colleges were represented on Saturday at a conference that was billed as the nation's first on how gays and lesbians fit in at universities guided by a faith that says their sexual orientation

Blogging Ban?

I assume most everyone heard about the Catholic school that banned blogging. It turns out that the story was greatly sensationalized, and Dawn Eden has flushed it out [http://www.nydailynews.com/news/col/story/360528p-307208c.html]. Here's an excerpt from her site. It looks like things are

College Finances

Must be why tuition keeps increasing and the quality of education keeps dropping: > College presidents are more preoccupied with financial issues than educational ones, according to a new survey by The Chronicle of Higher Education. NYT Link [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/31/education/31college.html].

Mandatory Training for Gay Sensitivity

When sin isn't condemned, it is encouraged. In this case, NYC schools have taken the position--consistent with public schools' moral agnosticism--that gay conduct isn't better or worse than heterosexual conduct. Neutral, right? Unfortunately, it appears the students aren't buying into it, so now

Giving Catholic Educators a Bad Name

> An English teacher has been fired because he did not want to display an American flag in his Catholic school classroom. > Stephen Kobasa, a teacher at Kolbe Cathedral High School since 1999, says he is not unpatriotic but has deep-seated religious beliefs that are incompatible with displaying a

Ave Maria

Will Ave Maria Law School move to Florida? The whole thing is highly disturbing. From all appearances, everything seemed to be proceeding very well for the law school in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Why the (apparent) urge to go to Florida? I honestly don't know. But I read this

Let's Hope This Sentiment Jumps the Pond

> A leading Scots headteacher has claimed parents who won't say "no" to their children are making life harder for schools. > Education expert Mike Beale said teachers are increasingly having to tell mums and dads to stand up to their kids. > He insisted that