Today estimates indicate that only a low percentage of U.S. Catholic schools include students with disabilities and learning differences. Educational leaders and experts are working to change that. With creativity and dedication, schools can overcome hurdles, from funding and staff to fear
A federal appeals court ruled July 13 that a Catholic high school and the Archdiocese of Indianapolis have a constitutional right to hire staff who will uphold core religious teachings.
As Catholic schools worldwide face several challenges -- including declining enrollments, funding or maintaining a distinctive religious character -- the Vatican has urged religious orders, dioceses and laypeople to come together to "take risks" and be creative in finding solutions.
"It is urgent
Oklahoma governor, AG clash over constitutionality of school board approval of first publicly funded Catholic charter school
A state school board in Oklahoma voted June 5 to approve what would be the first taxpayer-funded Catholic charter school if it survives likely legal challenges. But the state's Republican governor and attorney general clashed over the decision, with the attorney general
A Philadelphia Catholic school community whose parish has historical ties to St. John Neumann is recovering after a March 21 fire devastated its building.
A three-alarm blaze broke out at Our Mother of Consolation Parish School in the city's Chestnut Hill section just
The Archdiocese of New York has announced that 12 of its Catholic schools will close at the end of the 2022-23 academic year and four others will be merged into two schools due to the schools' financial outlook.
"Shifting demographics and lower enrollment
Philadelphia archbishop expresses ‘shock, deep disappointment’ over racist video by Catholic high school girls
Three students at St. Hubert Catholic High School for Girls, part of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia's Office for Catholic Education, "are no longer part of the school community" after creating a clip featuring blackface and racial slurs, according to a Feb. 11
As we observe National Catholic Schools Week, Our Sunday Visitor sat down with Thomas Carroll, Superintendent of Schools of the Archdiocese of Boston. Carroll joined the archdiocese in 2019, when he began his project of renewal of Boston’s Catholic education. Carroll’s background
A new law passed swiftly by the Iowa Legislature on Jan. 24 gives more families the opportunity to choose between sending their children to private or public schools in Iowa, beginning with the next school year, 2023-24.
This fall, Pew Research Center released a demographic study that predicts that by 2070 Christians will be a minority in the United States. That demographic change will happen, according to Pew’s models, not because of growth of non-Christian religions but because of