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The Boston Children’s Museum is one of the participating museums in a program that provides free access to some of the city’s most famous museums twice a month to K–12 students — including, in a recent policy change, Catholic school students.

Boston mayor to include Catholic school students in free-museums program next year

Dec 9, 2024

By Matt McDonald

The expanded program, which offers free admission two Sundays a month for K–12 students, will now be open to Catholic... Read more

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UPDATE: 3 states vote against school choice, projections indicate

Nov 6, 2024

By Kate Quiñones

These votes against school choice bucked the ongoing trend in the U.S. in favor of school choice. Read more

The Human Exploration Rover Challenge team at St. Mary’s Catholic School in the Diocese of Richmond.

Virginia Catholic school among 2 middle schools in world picked for NASA rover challenge

Oct 23, 2024

By Daniel Payne

Middle schoolers at St. Mary’s Catholic School in the Richmond Diocese were selected to participate in NASA’s Human Exploration Rover... Read more

Cristo Rey students focus on their studies, preparing for success in both college and career.

‘Transformational’ Catholic college-prep program serves low-income families

Oct 20, 2024

By Kate Quiñones

The Cristo Rey Network implements a “Corporate Work Study” program that places students at professional jobs all summer and during... Read more

Paris Archbishop Laurent Ulrich, seen taking part in the International Meeting for Peace in Paris,on Sept. 22, 2024, condemned the firing of a Catholic school administrator accused of violating French laws prohibiting religious expression in educational settings. 

Paris archbishop condemns firing of Catholic school principal accused of violating secular laws

Oct 17, 2024

By Madalaine Elhabbal

Catholic schools in France, which are state-funded, are allowed to maintain their religious identity and offer catechism classes so long... Read more

Bishop Kevin Rhoades of Fort Wayne-South Bend, Indiana.

Indiana diocese issues school guidelines affirming biological sex, promoting pastoral care

Sep 20, 2024

By Kate Quiñones

Bishop Kevin Rhoades of Fort Wayne-South Bend notes in the policy that all diocesan institutes must use pronouns that align... Read more

Bishop James Conley of Lincoln, Nebraska.

Nebraska bishop calls for ‘developing authentically Catholic schools’ in new pastoral letter

Sep 3, 2024

By Kate Quiñones

Bishop James Conley of Lincoln, Nebraska, highlighted the tenets of Catholic education and the modern challenges facing educators in a... Read more

Bishop Ireton High School upperclassmen welcome freshman students on their first day of school for the 2024-2025 phone-free school year.

Phone-free education: Catholic schools rise to the challenge

Aug 28, 2024

By Kate Quiñones

An increasing number of school districts across the U.S. are restricting or banning cellphone use — a move many Catholic... Read more

The Maine State House in Augusta.

Maine Catholic schools to be excluded from tuition grant program

Aug 9, 2024

By Kate Quiñones

The state of Maine will fund private or public schools — even out of state — but Catholic schools are... Read more

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Oklahoma Supreme Court declines to stay ruling to rescind religious charter school contract 

Aug 6, 2024

By Kate Quiñones

The state Supreme Court denied a stay of a recent ruling that required the Statewide Charter School Board rescind a... Read more

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All-boys, scholarship-funded Jesuit Catholic school to open in Cincinnati

Aug 2, 2024

By Kate Quiñones

With the help of state scholarships and private donors, Xavier Jesuit Academy will open this August, reviving a building that... Read more

Parishioners attend a July 2024 Mass at St. Peter Church in Quincy, Illinois. This parish is one of many participating in the “Family School Agreement” meant to increase regular Mass attendance and activity among parishioners.

Quincy, Illinois, Catholic schools implement subsidy program to encourage Mass attendance

Jul 22, 2024

By Gigi Duncan

The goal of the “Family School Agreement” is to bring families back to the Eucharist and be more active in... Read more

St. Mary’s Catholic Preschool in Littleton, Colorado.

Colorado parishes to appeal ruling in dispute over universal preschool program

Jul 10, 2024

By Kate Quiñones

The schools are unable to participate in the preschool program and uphold their religious beliefs, lawyers argue. Read more

Cheryl Sporie, chair of the board of trustees at St. Thomas Aquinas Academy in Marinette, Wisconsin, stands in front of the vacant Garfield Elementary school building in the Marinette School District. Sporie filed a claim against the district on June 25, 2024, urging the district to sell the property after it refused to sell it to the Catholic school.

Catholic school files claim after Wisconsin school district refuses to sell vacant building

Jul 10, 2024

By Kate Quiñones

A Catholic school has taken legal action after a Wisconsin school district refused to sell them an elementary school building... Read more

Bucking the trend, the Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board in Canada has voted against flying flags in support of “particular observances,” including “Pride” month.

Controversy swirls around Canadian Catholic schools celebrating ‘Pride’ month 

Jun 28, 2024

By Martin Barillas

For the third year in a row, St. Denis Catholic School in Toronto, Ontario, raised the Pride flag on school... Read more

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Oklahoma Supreme Court rules against Catholic charter school proposal

Jun 25, 2024

By Jonah McKeown

Oklahoma’s two Catholic bishops called the ruling “very disappointing.” Read more

Archbishop Lyke students in the school library in 2022.

How principals and Partnership Schools are keeping historic inner-city Catholic schools alive 

Jun 23, 2024

By Kate Quiñones

The Partnership Schools model enables dioceses to retain ownership of the schools while the Partnership takes full responsibility for them. Read more

Students from the Diocese of Gary Catholic Schools.

Nonprofit announces largest single investment in Catholic school education history

Jun 15, 2024

By Francesca Pollio Fenton

The Dean and Barbara White Family Foundation will be donating $150 million to the Big Shoulders Fund to invest the... Read more

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Oklahoma judge says lawsuit over nation’s first Catholic charter school can proceed

Jun 6, 2024

By Daniel Payne

The court’s decision was “not making any type of ruling regarding substantive arguments” in the case, the judge said in... Read more

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Colorado discriminated against Catholic preschools, judge finds

Jun 5, 2024

By Kate Quiñones

A federal court ruled Tuesday that the state’s decision to exclude Catholic preschools was unconstitutional. Read more