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Aug 18, 2021 · Plus, as Catholic schools were quicker, in most cases, than public schools to return to in-person education during the pandemic, a whole set of new families entered into Catholic education for the first time in 2020 and 2021. “On COVID-19 we get an A–,” says Kathy Mears, interim president of the National Catholic Educational Association ...
Jan 29, 2024 · By 1965, our nation’s parochial schools had reached a peak enrollment of 5.5 million K-12 students attending more than 12,000 Catholic schools. Since then, however, enrollment has plummeted to 1 ...
Mar 22, 2023 · Since Chesterton Academy opened in Minnesota in 2008, the “joyfully Catholic, classical high school” has spawned 43 successors across the United States, Canada, Italy, and even Iraq. In the fall of 2021, the Archdiocese of Boston opened the Lumen Verum Academy — its first new Catholic school in a half-century — which features a classical curriculum and operates on a “blended learning ...
Feb 29, 2016 · The rise in classical education in America is not insignificant. It cuts across public and private school divisions; secular and religious commitments; Protestant, Orthodox, and Catholic ...
Mar 1, 2024 · Those include 100,000 students attending a school that moved from classical-oriented to fully adopting the classical model, nearly 83,500 students learning at a new classical public charter school, and over 74,000 students at an existing Catholic classical school. Lastly, it is projected that 34,000 students will attend a new Catholic classical ...
Sep 28, 2024 · Today our schools challenge the dogmatic culture of secularism that’s gripping public institutions — and none do so more effectively than Catholic classical schools. These institutions are committed to introducing their students to the foundations of Western civilization, drawing on classical wisdom and the astonishing achievements of the Catholic Church, and also cultivating their sense ...
Aug 21, 2024 · Adherents argue that classical education is a unique way to bring Christ back into education, as well as being a more effective way of nurturing young minds and hearts and inculcating a Christian worldview. While not all ‘classical’ programs and schools are Christian, many are, and they represent all expressions of the church: from Catholic ...
