Some Catholic schools rebound by rebranding
Catholic schools, facing occasional closures and declining enrollments, might reinvent themselves in order to save their schools and preserve their religious values, if not their edicts.
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Paul Katula
Paul Katula is the executive editor of the Voxitatis Research Foundation, which publishes this blog. For more information, see the About page.
Stories by Paul Katula
Butterflies move north in warming climate
By Paul Katula
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Data from an amateur group of naturalists enabled a study about butterfly populations in a warming Massachusetts climate. Amateur data is becoming increasingly valuable to scientists as the need for data often surpasses its availability.
3rd Circuit to decide if ‘i ♥ boobies’ bracelets are OK
By Paul Katula
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The 3rd Circuit US Court of Appeals will hear a case in which two middle school students were suspended for wearing bracelets that supported breast cancer awareness to school. At issue is the First Amendment.
NSF awards $19 mil in environmental ed grants
By Paul Katula
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The National Science Foundation awarded six organizations some very big grants in order to make education about climate change more effective in our schools. One grant recipient from the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science noted that the subject was controversial, and he's right.
Quincy (Ill.) Federation of Teachers to educate community on Common Core
By Paul Katula
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The Quincy Federation of Teachers was one of five nationwide Innovation Fund grantees. They will use the money to educate their western Illinois community about the Common Core. We have some suggestions.
Environmental literacy summit in Allegany County
By Paul Katula
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A summit at a beautiful site in Allegany County, Md., brought more than 160 educators together to share ideas about teaching environmental literacy from every school system in Maryland. A time to learn and love the outdoors.
Voxitatis releases graphic demonstration tool: compare fractions on wheels
By Paul Katula
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Voxitatis has released a second hands-on "demo" in mathematics, aligned to grade 4 of the Common Core. This one is derived from the open-source version of an earlier demo about comparing fractions that may have unlike denominators. Use it as a demo in front of a classroom or study group, then let kids play on their own and explore fraction comparisons.
Alleged retaliation against a teacher who blew whistle
By Paul Katula
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A Maryland special ed teacher is suing his former school district, whose employees he says retaliated against him when he tried to report a security guard at the school who was shaking down his special ed students for money.
An assistant is one thing teachers really want
By Paul Katula
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We explain, with evidence from around the country, why our Answer Maryland system, used in any state, can positively reinforce what teachers do in our classrooms.
Study finds possible link between strong school snack laws, obesity
By Paul Katula
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A study out of the University of Illinois, Chicago, suggests that competitive food sales in schools and the laws that govern them can play a small role in reducing the obesity problem in America's children. The study is far from conclusive but worth looking at.