The Elephant in the Living Room

The Elephant in the Living Room

What Few Are Talking about but What is Absolutely Necessary for Authentic Educational Reform— In our times, entertainments of choice, especially for school­ age children and young adults, are primarily electronic: video games, television, movies, music, and certain...
What Makes a School Catholic?

What Makes a School Catholic?

Catholic parents are usually grateful that their children are enrolled in Catholic schools.  Often they punctuate their expression of thanks with the remark that “at least there I know my kids are getting some instruction in the Catholic faith.” When I hear such...
A Rollicking Good Tale: Teaching History as Story

A Rollicking Good Tale: Teaching History as Story

Of the classes I can recall from high school, among the most tedious was sophomore history. History class with Mr. Faulmann (an alias) was almost invariably the same. On an overhead projector, he would place an outline of the chapter he had assigned us to read and...