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Bishops fight to scrap cap on faith-based admissions to Catholic schools

August 10, 2023

Senior bishops have added their weight to a campaign to scrap a notorious cap on faith-based admissions to new Catholic schools. In 2010 the Coalition Government of ex-Conservative Prime Minister David Cameron introduced the cap to ensure that half of all pupils and students attending newly-built faith schools did not belong to that particular faith.

Why we need monks back in the classroom

February 01, 2023

St Benedict, contemplation and the search for knowledge should be the bedrock of a 21st-century Catholic education, says Mark Jenkins

Catholic schools outperform rivals, says US Government report

October 27, 2022

Fresh data from the US Government’s National Assessment of Educational Progress has demonstrated the impact of COVID-19 on schooling, but with some encouraging news for America’s Catholic schools. As reported by Kevin Clarke for America magazine – with some material from the Associated Press – while nationwide educational attainment dropped, Catholic schools either held steady or declined by less than public (government-run) and

The eternal significance of a Catholic education

October 06, 2022

If there is a common element to Catholic schools in the state and private sectors over and above the practice of the faith, it is a commitment to educating the whole person

Bishop: Discrimination law could force Guernsey’s Catholic schools to close

October 29, 2021

Saint Peter Port, Guernsey, Oct 28, 2021 / 12:00 pm An English bishop has said that a proposed anti-discrimination law could force an island’s Catholic schools to close. In a letter dated Oct. 23, Bishop Philip Egan said that the new policy “puts all Catholic schools in Guernsey under threat.” The island in the English Channel, which

Preparation for life: Teaching English in the Catholic Way

June 01, 2021

American public education is often reduced to caricature, but in reality it is a great democratic experiment, and Catholic teachers – with an eye toward inclusion rather than proselytising – can be an essential element within the world of public schools.

Amid hefty legal fees, Buffalo diocese cuts Catholic school spending

March 31, 2021

The Buffalo News reported that the diocese spent $3.8 million on bankruptcy-related expenses in its first year of bankruptcy. This amount nearly rivals its budget for the diocese’s 34 Catholic elementary schools.

Open for learning: How Boston Catholic schools kept their students safe

February 11, 2021

Unlike public schools in the rest of Massachusetts, Catholic schools in the Archdiocese of Boston - the largest district by geographic area and the second-largest school district by population in the state - opened in the fall for in-person learning.