Describes the role and responsibilities of the Catholic Church and Catholic schools in America's political order, advocating the improvement of educational access and quality for all Americans. Highlights the activities of the United States Catholic Conference and National Catholic Educational Association with respect to the reauthorization of the…

Describes the importance of providing religious education to children with disabilities and the role which catechists must play in such education. Provides suggestions for catechist training, including disability simulation activities, multiple approaches to teaching a lesson plan, analysis of teaching/learning styles, and group interaction and…

Describes the effects of the National Congress on Catholic Schools for the 21st Century on the Saint Charles Borromeo School in Minnesota. Reviews the five themes of the Congress: Catholic identity, Catholic leadership, the relationship between school and society, school governance and finance, and political action and public policy. (MAB)

Describes the revision process that the National Catholic Educational Association's Department of Religious education is currently undergoing to update and improve its religious education assessment surveys. Factors that have prompted revision pertain to ecumenical, social justice, and human sexuality concerns and use of age-appropriate and…

Discusses Catholic school scholars and their books. Asserts that every Catholic scholar and practitioner should have books on the shelf that are relative to what is being taught. Presents a list, based on the opinions of 35 Catholic educators, of general books, practical books, and church documents that are most commonly needed. (Contains 63…

Surveyed English departments at Catholic and other higher education institutions about "Ex corde ecclesiae," a document defining Catholic higher education's mission and identity. Findings were analyzed in areas such as implementation of and faculty perceptions of "Ex corde" and the importance of Catholic identity. Found that…

Examines the religious educator's role as catalyst in transforming local church culture. Proposes model of congregational education aiming to change the corporate life of a religious community through members' work to reshape concrete behaviors, structures, and roles in carrying out the church's mission. Notes the range of skills required of…

Narrates the NCEA Seminary Department's 100-year history. States that during the last quarter of this century, seminaries have become increasingly attuned to the roles of women and lay deacons in study and ministry, the needs of Hispanics and other minority groups, and a variety of psychosexual considerations. (VWC)

States that, based on several studies, sports programs at any level of education have no more potential to develop character than any other school activity. Asserts that Catholic schools are committed to character development in every aspect of the curriculum, and that they must emphasize the potential for sports participation to foster moral…

Presents a crisis plan for schools to enact in emergencies, from the first 30 minutes after the incident to several weeks afterward. Includes: (1) recruiting the entire school staff in the plan's conception; (2) appointing a leader and a group of people responsible for carrying out specific tasks; (3) conducting a full-facility review to address…

Presented at the 66th Annual Convention of the National Catholic Educational Association, Detroit, Michigan, April 7-10, 1969.

In this history of Canadian education, the author delineates the establishment of the school systems and the first two centuries of their development. The first part of his discussion focuses on the influence of the United States, French culture, British settlement and early schools, and frontier schools. Next, the growth of both the nation and…

This textbook is a second reader for Catholic children. The contents include age-appropriate stories and passages on the importance of emphasis, consonant sounds, marked letters, and punctuation marks. A list of Roman and Arabic numbers is also included.

Author conducted a minisurvey of 50 Catholic educators, parents, nuns, pastors, and theologians to find out how educated people use the term avant-garde'' and to diagnose some of the problems of the Church and Catholic education. (Author/CB)

The problems of maintaining its schools are only part of the Catholic diocesan mission. Along with the schools, all activities should be systematically explored--through evaluation, reflection, planning. The Center for Applied Research on the Apostolate experience suggests some guidelines. (Author)