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Public School Education

Which Way the Wind Blows
June 2022Daily we hear of intemperate students demanding this or that “right” drawn from a grab-bag of potential claims on others’ behavior.
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An Extraordinary Educator's Enduring Legacy
September 2018A review by Christopher Beiting of Francis Bethel, O.S.B's book John Senior and the Restoration of Realism
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What If #AhmedIsaFake?
November 2015"Clock boy" Ahmed Mohamed may have a promising career ahead of him, not as an engineer or an inventor but as a social agitator and propagandist.
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The Great Catholic Science Textbook Debate
December 2011Any approach to teaching science must begin with certain attitudes and assumptions about the nature of the world around us.
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Why Nothing Ever Changes in Public Education
December 2003Those in charge merely stir the tepid bath water, having long ago thrown out the precious baby.
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Why Christian Parents Should Abandon Public Schools
July/August 2001I doubt the government really cares about kids' minds, and I am certain it doesn't care about their morals or their souls.
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Teacher's Dirty Books
January 1999A survey of a thousand teenage girls found 82% said they wanted sex-ed to teach them “how to say no” without hurting a guy’s feelings.
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Why the System of Public Education Is Irreparable
July/August 1998We lack belief in the kind of grand narrative that alone can lend coherence to our studies and our lives.
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The Corruption of Children's Literature (Even in Catholic Schools)
June 1998The goodness of God and the trustworthiness of parents are part of a worldview required for the spiritual and psychological integrity of the child.
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