Summary While Catholic school scores continue to dominate public school scores on the National Assessment for Educational Progress (NAEP), it is the internal trends of these scores that tell an interesting story. Grade 8 Catholic school math scores have seen a decline since 2009 after an almost decade trend of gains. […]
This publication is part of a series of reports on the Common Core State Standards Initiative and how those standards potentially impact Catholic education. At least 33 Catholic dioceses and scores of private and independent Catholic schools across the United States have decided to take a cautious approach to the relatively […]
Many of the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts are, when taken in isolation and at face value, fairly innocuous. Who, after all, could be against a fifth grader being asked to “Compare and contrast two or more characters, settings or events in a story or drama, drawing on […]
https://cardinalnewmansociety.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Issue-Bulletin-Header-845-x-321-px-01.png13383521Dr. Dan Guernseyhttps://cardinalnewmansociety.org/wp-content/uploads/CNS-logo-2C-450-tag2.pngDr. Dan Guernsey2015-05-27 17:01:002020-05-26 15:21:13Disconnect between Common Core’s Literary Approach and Catholic Education’s Pursuit of Truth
Here is one of the clearest criteria for choosing or judging a college: you can be almost certain that any college that has dropped philosophy and theology from its core curriculum is not serious about a liberal arts education. And in my experience I find that this is true of […]
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This is part of a series of reports on the Common Core State Standards Initiative and its potential impact on Catholic education. Of key importance to parochial, private, and public school administrators and superintendents is the question of how to address the costs associated with the technological requirements for assessing students […]
This is part of a series of reports on the Common Core State Standards Initative and its potential impact on Catholic education. As a former Catholic school administrator, of interest to me are the countless articles detailing the controversy surrounding the Common Core which are dominating educational news stories throughout the […]
https://cardinalnewmansociety.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Issue-Bulletin-Header-845-x-321-px-01.png13383521Dr. Jamie Arthurhttps://cardinalnewmansociety.org/wp-content/uploads/CNS-logo-2C-450-tag2.pngDr. Jamie Arthur2014-01-14 19:46:532020-05-26 15:28:27Catholic Identity Should Be at Heart of Common Core Decisions
This is part of a series of reports on the Common Core State Standards Initative and its potential impact on Catholic education. Catholic schools in America have flourished in large part because of their relative independence from outside influences. But the recent adoption by many Catholic schools of the Common […]
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In 1977, National Review reprinted a 30-year-old speech given by English mystery author, Dorothy Sayers, on the topic of education. In it, she pointed out evident deficiencies in public discourse that revealed fundamental flaws in British education at the time. She whimsically proposed as a remedy a return to the Trivium-based education […]
https://cardinalnewmansociety.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Perspectives-in-Cathlic-Ed-Web-Header-845-x-321-px-01.png13383521Dr. Andrew Seeleyhttps://cardinalnewmansociety.org/wp-content/uploads/CNS-logo-2C-450-tag2.pngDr. Andrew Seeley2013-12-01 15:55:322020-05-26 15:31:29The Common Core vs. the Classical Roots of Catholic Education
As parents, educators, and legislators learn more about the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) and doubts continue to rise, the fact that the CCSS have become a national standard presents real challenges to a group that is already providing excellent education—private, faith-based schools.
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The following considerations related to the Common Core were provided to Catholic bishops on November 13, 2013, in Baltimore, Maryland. The Cardinal Newman Society partnered with the National Association of Private Catholic and Independent Schools and the Catholic Education Foundation to present a seminar on the Common Core during the […]
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This publication is part of a series of reports on the Common Core State Standards Initiative and how those standards potentially impact Catholic education. As of yet, there has been no serious effort to analyze the impact of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) on Catholic education—one that engages Catholic school educators at […]
https://cardinalnewmansociety.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Issue-Bulletin-Header-845-x-321-px-01.png13383521Dr. Dan Guernseyhttps://cardinalnewmansociety.org/wp-content/uploads/CNS-logo-2C-450-tag2.pngDr. Dan Guernsey2013-02-14 16:32:002020-05-18 16:47:1310 Critically Important Adaptations to the Common Core for Catholic Schools*
Executive Summary Across the universe of American higher education, increasing attention is being given to the weakening of general education standards. This study examines the general education requirements at Catholic colleges and universities. It compares the general education programs at 184 Catholic colleges and universities to all other American colleges […]
Introduction On May 5, 2012, in his address to several American bishops during their required ad limina visit to Rome, His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI spoke on “religious education and the faith formation of the next generation of Catholics” in the United States. He said: On the level of higher education, many of you […]
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Executive Summary This paper examines contemporary Catholic higher education and its unique role in preparing graduates, grounded in natural moral law, to respond to the increasing bioethical questions of the day. The importance of both administrators and faculty articulating and embracing the mission of Catholic higher education, as they prepare […]
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An insistence on spreading the Church’s social doctrine among all Catholics, especially by educational programs for the laity, runs throughout the modern papal Magisterium, beginning with Leo XIII’s exhortations to the laity of the late 19th century. At that time, it was indeed somewhat unusual for a pope to appeal directly […]
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NAEP Scores Suggest Some Concerns for Catholic Schools
/in Academics Common Core, Research and Analysis /by Dr. Denise Donohue Ed.D.Summary While Catholic school scores continue to dominate public school scores on the National Assessment for Educational Progress (NAEP), it is the internal trends of these scores that tell an interesting story. Grade 8 Catholic school math scores have seen a decline since 2009 after an almost decade trend of gains. […]
Many Diocesan and Private Catholic Schools Find Success Outside of Common Core
/in Academics Common Core, Research and Analysis /by Dr. Denise Donohue Ed.D.This publication is part of a series of reports on the Common Core State Standards Initiative and how those standards potentially impact Catholic education. At least 33 Catholic dioceses and scores of private and independent Catholic schools across the United States have decided to take a cautious approach to the relatively […]
Disconnect between Common Core’s Literary Approach and Catholic Education’s Pursuit of Truth
/in Academics Common Core, Research and Analysis /by Dr. Dan Guernsey and Dr. Denise Donohue Ed.D.Many of the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts are, when taken in isolation and at face value, fairly innocuous. Who, after all, could be against a fifth grader being asked to “Compare and contrast two or more characters, settings or events in a story or drama, drawing on […]
It’s About Navigating Life: The Importance of Philosophy & Theology
/in Academics, Blog Newman Guide Articles /by Dr. Peter KreeftHere is one of the clearest criteria for choosing or judging a college: you can be almost certain that any college that has dropped philosophy and theology from its core curriculum is not serious about a liberal arts education. And in my experience I find that this is true of […]
Common Core Assessments May Be Cost-Prohibitive for Catholic Schools
/in Academics Common Core, Research and Analysis /by Dr. Denise Donohue Ed.D.This is part of a series of reports on the Common Core State Standards Initiative and its potential impact on Catholic education. Of key importance to parochial, private, and public school administrators and superintendents is the question of how to address the costs associated with the technological requirements for assessing students […]
Catholic Identity Should Be at Heart of Common Core Decisions
/in Academics Common Core, Research and Analysis /by Dr. Jamie ArthurThis is part of a series of reports on the Common Core State Standards Initative and its potential impact on Catholic education. As a former Catholic school administrator, of interest to me are the countless articles detailing the controversy surrounding the Common Core which are dominating educational news stories throughout the […]
Catholic Education in America: Accountable to the Church or the Feds?
/in Academics Common Core, Research and Analysis /by Brittany Corona and Ryan T. AndersonThis is part of a series of reports on the Common Core State Standards Initative and its potential impact on Catholic education. Catholic schools in America have flourished in large part because of their relative independence from outside influences. But the recent adoption by many Catholic schools of the Common […]
The Common Core vs. the Classical Roots of Catholic Education
/in Academics Commentary, Common Core /by Dr. Andrew SeeleyIn 1977, National Review reprinted a 30-year-old speech given by English mystery author, Dorothy Sayers, on the topic of education. In it, she pointed out evident deficiencies in public discourse that revealed fundamental flaws in British education at the time. She whimsically proposed as a remedy a return to the Trivium-based education […]
The Common Core and the Private School: The Overreaching Effects of a National Standard
/in Academics Commentary, Common Core /by Maureen Van Den BergAs parents, educators, and legislators learn more about the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) and doubts continue to rise, the fact that the CCSS have become a national standard presents real challenges to a group that is already providing excellent education—private, faith-based schools.
Do Catholic Schools Need the Common Core?
/in Academics Common Core, Research and Analysis /by Cardinal Newman Society StaffThe following considerations related to the Common Core were provided to Catholic bishops on November 13, 2013, in Baltimore, Maryland. The Cardinal Newman Society partnered with the National Association of Private Catholic and Independent Schools and the Catholic Education Foundation to present a seminar on the Common Core during the […]
10 Critically Important Adaptations to the Common Core for Catholic Schools*
/in Academics Common Core, Research and Analysis /by Dr. Dan GuernseyThis publication is part of a series of reports on the Common Core State Standards Initiative and how those standards potentially impact Catholic education. As of yet, there has been no serious effort to analyze the impact of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) on Catholic education—one that engages Catholic school educators at […]
General Education at Catholic Colleges and Universities
/in Academics Curriculum, Research and Analysis /by Kimberly ShankmanExecutive Summary Across the universe of American higher education, increasing attention is being given to the weakening of general education standards. This study examines the general education requirements at Catholic colleges and universities. It compares the general education programs at 184 Catholic colleges and universities to all other American colleges […]
A Mandate for Fidelity: Pope Benedict Urges Compliance with Theologian’s Mandatum
/in Academics Mandatum, Research and Analysis /by Cardinal Newman Society StaffIntroduction On May 5, 2012, in his address to several American bishops during their required ad limina visit to Rome, His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI spoke on “religious education and the faith formation of the next generation of Catholics” in the United States. He said: On the level of higher education, many of you […]
Bioethics Studies in Catholic Higher Education
/in Academics Research and Analysis, Science and Health Studies /by Dr. Marie HilliardExecutive Summary This paper examines contemporary Catholic higher education and its unique role in preparing graduates, grounded in natural moral law, to respond to the increasing bioethical questions of the day. The importance of both administrators and faculty articulating and embracing the mission of Catholic higher education, as they prepare […]
Catholic Social Teaching at the Catholic University
/in Academics Commentary, Social Teaching /by Dr. Peter A. KwasniewskiAn insistence on spreading the Church’s social doctrine among all Catholics, especially by educational programs for the laity, runs throughout the modern papal Magisterium, beginning with Leo XIII’s exhortations to the laity of the late 19th century. At that time, it was indeed somewhat unusual for a pope to appeal directly […]