Showing posts with label education. Show all posts
Showing posts with label education. Show all posts
Saturday, October 24, 2015

An Entirely Wrong-Headed Proposal for USCCB Funding of Lay Theological Education at America Magazine: My Critical Response

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As I've mentioned here in the past, I have given up on reading the Jesuit weekly America , even though I read it faithfully for m...
Monday, September 21, 2015

Book Notes: Joelle Casteix's The Well-Armored Child: A Parent's Guide to Preventing Sexual Abuse

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I have a book to recommend to you — particularly those of you raising children, or with friends and relatives raising children. The b...
Monday, April 6, 2015

Aristotle on Education as Education of Both Mind And Heart

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“Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all.” ― Aristotle "Aristotle" by Francesco Hayez. pic.twitter....
Friday, October 11, 2013

Week's-End News Round-Up: Catholic Bishops and Shutdown, Exporting of Anti-Gay Hate by U.S. Religious Right, Malala Yousafzai

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As the work week ends, valuable news commentary I've noticed in recent days, which adds new information to discussions we've ...
Friday, July 12, 2013

United Nations Declares July 12 "Malala Day": A Reflection on Saints for Our Times

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A few days ago, a reader, bosicO, suggested here that reform-minded groups within the Catholic church should put forth their own candi...
Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Santorum and the South: Think Education

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Why did Santorum clean up in the South yesterday when so many media pundits--who never set foot in the South until an election cycle ...
Saturday, March 10, 2012

Paul Krugman on GOP Investment in Ignorance: Whys and Wherefores

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Paul Krugman explains (very well) why one major American political party, the Republicans, have "made a hard right turn against...
Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Scott Herring on the Role of Literature in Recreating the Past

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I think that Scott Herring's point about the role literature plays in bringing the past to life is well-taken: it's one of the po...
Thursday, February 17, 2011

Marquette Situation, More Commentary: "Not Catholic Enough" When It Practices Discrimination

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   What I posted yesterday about Ronni Sanlo's report re: the situation for LGBT faculty, staff, and students at Jesuit-owned Marquett...
Thursday, January 27, 2011

Making Things Tic: A Codger's Ruminations on Literacy Today (and What the Lack Thereof Portends for Our Future)

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Is Conor Friedersdorf intending to be cute with this coy use of the word "tic" --"What makes you tic, sir?"--or does h...
Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Religious Roots of Anti-Gay Attitudes: Two Recent Commentaries

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Two noteworthy pieces in the past several days dealing with the significant connection between religion and people’s approach to issues of s...
Sunday, May 9, 2010

Memories of a Jesuit Education: Rose Gardens and Open-Toed Sandals

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A story half dream, all remembrance, evoked by the memories of high-school Latin class I shared earlier in the week: I go off to college...
Wednesday, April 28, 2010

Aging and Learning: The Gift of Fallibility

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I’ve noted recently on this blog that I’m growing older.  Just a little bit, maybe?  I’ve talked about turning 60 just a little bit perhap...
Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Secretary of Education Arne Duncan on GLSEN Day of Silence

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On 25 March, I reported on this blog ( here ) that the new Secretary of Education Arne Duncan met on 23 March with representatives of Gay, ...
Sunday, February 15, 2009

Stimulus Package as Opportunity to Reshape American Education

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Nicholas Kristof has some important things to say today about American education in his New York Times op-ed piece about poor educational s...
Wednesday, December 17, 2008

Arne Duncan as Education Secretary: Reflections on Obama's Cabinet Choices

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I’ve been ho-hum about most of Mr. Obama’s cabinet appointments. But the choice of Arne Duncan as education secretary interests me and even...
Tuesday, April 1, 2008

School Bullying: We Have Met the Bully; He Is Us

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“Truth that makes a difference,” I wrote in my last blog entry. That’s the kind of truth I’m interested in discovering on this blog pilgri...
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