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Justice Department: Vermont college tuition program can't exclude Catholic school student
The U.S. Department of Justice has sided with a Vermont Catholic high school student who has said a state program... Read more
Catholic school superintendent: ‘Our kids need to go back to school’
Bishops and school superintendents across the US are emphasizing the importance of in-person education for the coming fall term, and... Read more
Catholic schools plan waivers, remote learning, as officials weigh safe reopenings
As the beginning of the fall school term approaches, Catholic schools in dioceses across the U.S. are asking the parents... Read more
NAACP sues education department over coronavirus relief funds for private schools
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is the latest entity to file a lawsuit against the US... Read more
Catholic universities welcome ICE reversal on international students
A US Immigration and Customs Enforcement directive that would have forced thousands of international students to leave the country has... Read more
'Scrambling' Catholic schools push for 'equitable' coronavirus relief funding
Though federal rule makers have clarified that coronavirus relief funds must help non-public schools, including Catholic schools, Catholic school advocates... Read more
Catholic school teachers are 'ministers', Supreme Court rules
The Supreme Court on Wednesday delivered a long-awaited religious liberty decision on the right of religious schools to hire and... Read more
Catholic school superintendent aims to equip schools for special ed
An educator with years of experience working in and studying best practices in special education was recently named superintendent of... Read more
Longtime Catholic schools leader to head Seattle archdiocese task force
Leading education expert Father Ronald Nuzzi will head a task force for Catholic schools in the Archdiocese of Seattle, with... Read more
Advocates appeal for Catholic schools amid closures nationwide
At least 100 Catholic elementary and high schools across the United States will not reopen for the fall semester, with... Read more
Pa. Catholic Conference appeals diversion of coronavirus relief from private schools
The Pennsylvania Catholic Conference is asking the U.S. Department of Education to reverse state authorities’ decisions that the conference says... Read more
Why this Spokane Catholic school is going classical
St. Charles Catholic School in Spokane, Washingon adds its name to a growing list of Catholic schools across the country... Read more
Pennsylvania bishops urge governor not to divert emergency funds from private schools
The Pennsylvania Catholic Conference is urging Governor Tom Wolf not to divert federal emergency funds, appropriated to help K-12 schools... Read more
Irish commission: Catholic school discriminated against atheist student
The Republic of Ireland’s Workplace Relations Commission has decided that an atheist child was discriminated against by his Catholic school... Read more
How Catholic schools scrambled to meet technology needs for distance learning
It has been one month since most schools across the US closed their doors due to the coronavirus pandemic. Read more
Australian bishops: religious discrimination bill has merit, but flaws should be fixed
Australia’s Catholic bishops have welcomed changes to a proposed religious discrimination bill to protect religious believers and institutions from discrimination... Read more
Bishops applaud school choice as Pence visits Catholic school
The U.S. bishops’ conference praised a Trump administration plan to expand school choice Wednesday, as Vice President Mike Pence paid... Read more
This unique Catholic school has served Native American students since 1927
In central South Dakota, along the northern jog of the Missouri River in what one might call “the middle of... Read more
High school founded by former NFL star aims to make virtuous students
Not everyone who goes to high school will go to college, the founders of a new Minnesota high school say,... Read more
University should not be for the privileged few, Pope Francis says in Japan
At a Jesuit university in Tokyo on Tuesday, Pope Francis said a quality university education should not be something out... Read more
