The Minnesota Catholic Education Association (MCEA) is hosting its 2010 Convention, We Are People of HOPE! in Duluth on August 23-24. The Convention is open to all who participate in Catholic education, whether as a teacher, principal, board member, DRE, youth minister, priest, faith formation leader, lay ecclesial minister, catechist, music minister or parent. MCEA [...]
The National Catholic Education Association (NCEA) is holding it’s 2010 Convention in Minnesota, at the Minneapolis Convention Center on April 6-8. The NCEA Convention offers myriad workshops for Catholic educators, principals, board members, catechists, youth ministers, directors of religious education, priests and lay faithful. To learn more about the NCEA Convention, click here.
MILWAUKEE — High school dropouts earn less, contribute less to the tax base, and are more likely to go to prison — sobering facts that underscore the importance of a new study showing that the graduation rate for students in Milwaukee’s 20-year-old school choice program was 18 percent higher than for students in the Milwaukee [...]
Minneapolis, MN, December 17, 2009 – The Pohlad family today announced a major commitment to keeping urban Catholic elementary schools affordable for young people from economically-disadvantaged families. Through the Minneapolis Foundation and the Catholic Community Foundation, a total of $1 million in tuition assistance will be distributed to nineteen Catholic schools for use during the [...]
The Office of the Minnesota Secretary of State has published its 2009-2010 Minnesota Legislative Manual – Student Edition. It is currently posted online at: http://www.sos.state.mn.us/index.aspx?page=1557.
The Student Edition is a publication that offers young people a wealth of information about our state, our government and elected officials. This most recent edition is a resource of facts [...]
Court’s Stance a Big Victory for Disadvantaged Children
Washington, DC – Arizona’s Corporate School Tuition Organization Tax Credit Program is constitutional, the Arizona Supreme Court indicated in a decision yesterday. The Alliance for School Choice and Advocates for School Choice applauded the Arizona Supreme Court’s action, which denied a request to hear an appeal of the March [...]
The private school community has been eagerly awaiting the release of details regarding the $650 million Investing in Innovation Fund, especially to see whether the U.S. Department of Education would allow the program to include non-profit organizations serving a consortium of religious and independent schools. When the department released today an advance notice of priorities [...]
The Third Annual Midwest Catholic Conference Education Meeting took place July 9-10, 2009 at the Michigan Catholic Conference offices in Lansing, Michigan. In attendance were 23 participants, presenters and guests who discussed a wide range of topics including early childhood learning, charter schools, parental choice in education, special education and marketing strategies. Representing the Minnesota [...]
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