“The risk for [Australian private schools] is that their communities can come back and say: 'You've been lying to us about the financial position of the school.'” Such was Michelle Green's, Independent Schools Victoria's chief excutive, summation of the problem that about 300 private schools in Australia are now facing. The issue arises, as The … Continue reading Australian Private Schools Rightly Concerned About Budget Errors
Sunday School — With Amputations
As the UK Press Assocation reports, a network of “weekend schools” in England and Ireland have been called out for using what is, apparently, the Saudi national curriculum. The story, which was broken in a BBC Panorama special, is distinctly unsettling: The “weekend schools” have been allowed to spread anti-semitism – as well as, according … Continue reading Sunday School — With Amputations
Living with the martyrs in a Catholic school
St. Edmund’s College, a small Catholic boarding school in Ware, England, is full of history. Not the usual type of history at the usual high school. St. Edmund’s actually traces its history back to 1586 and the founding of the English College at Douay, France. Cardinal William Allen started the college in order to educate … Continue reading Living with the martyrs in a Catholic school
Boys Are Still Struggling in State Schools
Because this topic has not already been discussed endlessly (including the publication of several books on the issue), recent news articles report that young men in state schools in the UK are not doing as well as their female counterparts. As the Press Association notes, the Department for Education has released the results of recent … Continue reading Boys Are Still Struggling in State Schools
Why boys-only schools for boys?
In brief, boys’ schools provide: A stimulating and safe learning environment that encourages full participation by boys in all activities (arts, athletics, community service). promotes self-expression and a respect for the many different paths to manhood. provides an atmosphere in which to explore sensitive gender and sex-related issues. Educational programs tailored to meet the developmental … Continue reading Why boys-only schools for boys?
An interesting critique of the IB
For an interesting critique of the international baccalaureat, from the other side of the Atlantic: http://www.cfam.org/publications/id.1737/pub_detail.asp This particular website slams the IB's 'internationalist' and 'progressive' agenda. Interestingly, all GCSEs in Britain (though not necessarily IGCSEs) have to pay lipservice to environmental and 'inclusivity' concerns, whatever the academic discipline, following government diktats under Labour. Hence in … Continue reading An interesting critique of the IB
Capuchin junior seminary still fostering vocations
A Franciscan junior seminary in Wisconsin, still going strong after 150 years.
Single-Sex Education Around the Colonies
In something of a continuation of our last piece, we continue in our coverage of the trend towards single-sex schools in Australia, Canada and the US. Throughout the United States, but especially in the South (states like Louisiana, Texas, and Virginia), as well as in urban areas such as a Washington, D.C. and New York … Continue reading Single-Sex Education Around the Colonies
The New World of Single-Sex Education
After something of a hiatus, largely relating to intellectual fashion, single-sex education seems to be making new in-roads in public and private educational settings in the U.S. and Canada. Several stories this week have focused on the new moves to separate boys and girls in the classroom, whether it is single schools offering separated class … Continue reading The New World of Single-Sex Education
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