Catholic boarding 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

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?

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

 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

 To most Americans, the term 'public school,' especially when prefaced by the phrase 'inner-city,' conjures images of urban decay, illiteracy and unrelenting hopelessness – more Jonathan Kozol than Thomas Hughes. However, this has been quite inverted in the last few years in one of the regions of U.S. most affected by racial and class tensions: … Continue reading Seeds of Public School

 On 10 September, the Telegraph reported that many schools are now removing history from their curricula, or 'streamlining' it into another kind of course: Either a combination of history and geography (a practice which has been common in America for some time now) or else condensing it further in a rather vaguely defined 'humanities' course. … Continue reading Churchill Didn’t Say It

  On Tuesday of last week, a great deal of noise was made in the British press about a Catholic school introuble. For all the coverage, one would expect a clergyman to have been involved – but no.  In fact, the story relates to a Catholic school torn between its desire to continue to share its … Continue reading Catholic School Deals With Community Service