Can the Catholic Church Save Education?
By Robert Royal There's a strange ferment underway in American education. This week, two promising Catholic initiatives emerged: a gathering at Christendom College on K-12 education that resulted in the Front Royal Principles, and a high-level consultation in Washington D.C. organized by the Cardinal Newman Society, pursuing the renewal of everything from kindergarten to college-level Catholic instruction. But in recent months, there have been similar efforts for education renewal at secular universities: one from Yale – yes, Ivy-League Yale – addressing the "lack of trust" in higher…
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