School Choice

In a Rebuke to Teachers Unions, School Choice Is Going Gangbusters in the States

04/05/2021 at 2:30 PM By Kevin Edward White
After public schools and teachers unions proved that they could not or would not meet the needs of students during the pandemic, multiple state legislatures are collectively undertaking one of the biggest expansions of school choice in history. By Lindsey Burke, Daily Signal, March 30,... read more

The Biden Administration Poses New Threats to Catholic Education

03/09/2021 at 12:20 PM By Kevin Edward White
By Patrick J. Reilly, Crisis, March 9, 2021 In just the first months of the Biden administration, Catholic educators have been confronted by serious threats to their freedom to teach and witness to the Catholic faith. We knew the storm was coming. Over the last four years, schools and... read more
All wearing face masks, students arrive by bus to Fort Loramie High School, Fort Loramie, Ohio.

A Buckeye Voucher Victory: Ohio expands private school choice to half of all students.

11/24/2020 at 7:34 PM By Kevin Edward White
By The Editorial Board, WSJ, November. 23, 2020 PHOTO: LUKE GRONNEBERG/ASSOCIATED PRESS The pandemic has been especially tough on low- and middle-income families, but the GOP Legislature in Ohio has given parents in their state something to be grateful for this Thanksgiving by passing a... read more

The Supreme Court Is Poised to Deliver a Victory to School Choice Advocates

02/05/2020 at 11:53 AM By Kevin Edward White
By Mark Movsesian, Public Discourse, February 4, 2020, The US Supreme Court seems likely to rule in a way school-choice advocates will welcome. The Court will likely overrule the Montana court and hold a ban on scholarships for students at religiously affiliated schools unconstitutional—an... read more

New bill could mean more scholarships for Catholic schools Nationwide

03/08/2019 at 4:00 PM By Kevin Edward White
By Kevin J. Jones, CAN, Washington D.C., March 6, 2019 A proposed federal tax credit-based scholarship program could provide a boost for parents who want to send their children to Catholic school, and it has the backing of a major Catholic education group. “This bill is clearly something... read more

Pritzker Proposes Closing Private School Scholarships Program

02/27/2019 at 2:40 PM By Kevin Edward White
By: Cole Lauterbach, Watchdog.org, February 27, 2019 Gov. J.B. Pritzker is formally asking lawmakers to shut down Illinois’ privateschool scholarship program and pour more money into public schools. In his budget proposal Wednesday, Pritzker proposes taking the $100 million cap on... read more

President Trump Visits St. Andrews Catholic School and the School Choice Revolution Begins

03/06/2017 at 10:49 AM By Mary Anne Hackett
By DEACON KEITH FOURNIER,  Published on March 3, 2017 The first school Donald Trump visited as president? A faith-based school using state aid and other sources to educate lower-income students looking for the best education they can find. This Friday, President Donald Trump visited St. Andrews... read more

How the transgender agenda harms children

02/22/2017 at 9:04 PM By Mary Anne Hackett
An expert on child sexual abuse warns that sex changes could do irreversible damage By Judith Reisman | Feb 21 2017 | On March 28, the US Supreme Court is due to hear a case about transgender bathroom access lodged by a Virginia student, Gavin Grimm. Born a girl, she decided in Year 9 that... read more

Religious Schools Are Fundamental to Liberty

06/15/2016 at 9:29 PM By Mary Anne Hackett
By Gene Van Son • May 11, AD2016 Catholics who are not big on history may probably not be aware of the amount of anti-Catholic animus that existed in the U.S. from the early 1800s up to as late as World War II.  And even though we’ve had a Catholic president and currently have a Catholic... read more

A Parish School Turns Failure into Success

11/20/2015 at 11:12 PM By Mary Anne Hackett
By ANTHONY ESOLEN A thing of beauty is a joy forever: Its loveliness increases; it will never Pass into nothingness; but still will keep A bower quiet for us, and a sleep Full of sweet dreams, and health, and quiet breathing. ∼  John Keats, the opening to Endymion In 1923... read more

Swept under the carpet

09/27/2015 at 4:24 PM By Mary Anne Hackett
BY MICHAEL COOK, 23 SEPTEMBER 2015 Australian research from the 1990s has emerged as key evidence in the debate about same-sex parenting. The constant refrain from supporters has been that there is no difference in outcomes for children in traditional marriages or same-sex couples. In 2010... read more

Awesome: Inner-City All Boys School Sends Every Graduate to College

06/18/2015 at 11:59 PM By Mary Anne Hackett

Nevada Enacts Universal School Choice

06/09/2015 at 10:19 PM By Mary Anne Hackett

Why We Need to Save the Catholic Schools

01/30/2015 at 10:10 PM By Mary Anne Hackett

THORNER: COMMON CORE SLANTED TO PRODUCE NEW GENERATION OF LEFT-LEANING CITIZENS

12/18/2014 at 4:28 AM By Mary Anne Hackett

A culture of “men without chests?”

11/01/2014 at 8:40 PM By Mary Anne Hackett

A California Principal’s Opening Message to Students To the students and faculty of our high school

07/13/2011 at 1:23 PM By Catholic Citizens of Illinois

Colleges Nationwide Recruit Homeschool Grads

01/04/2011 at 9:19 PM By Catholic Citizens of Illinois