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Ms. Hall's sixth grade home room posing for a photo from their Christmas party.

Presence Over Perfection: What Really Matters in Your Classroom

It’s Saturday, January 3rd. Classes start up again on Monday. You’re back at your ACE placement, your plans for the week are solid, your assignments are prepped, your grade book...

Plush Mary laying down with books in Schroeder's classroom.

Waiting Together: Advent in the Classroom

I have always loved Advent, but the season took on an even deeper meaning once I started sharing it with my 5th-grade students. Experiencing the hope and wonder of Christ’s...

Catholic Schools Week 2016 - For Our Communities

Chicago Jesuit Academy, where I was blessed to work for four years, is a place of hope. Although it is surrounded by violence and poverty, and although the students are...

Catholic Schools Week: 3 Ways to Celebrate All Students

Beginning tomorrow, Catholic school communities across the country will seize the opportunity to celebrate the extraordinary gift that we have in Catholic education. Most schools mark this festive week with...

Catholic Schools Week 2016 - For Our Parishes

"The seeds of faith, sown at his Catholic school, drew Gabe's family together in faith and made them an inspiration for the parish" When I was an associate pastor at...

Haiti, Through Other Eyes

After ten years working in Haiti, the Pearl of the Antilles, I couldn't help but feel the most recent trip helped me see the country, its beauty and its struggles...

What U.S. Catholic Schools Can Learn from Education in Haiti

Without windows. Without lights. Oftentimes without basic school supplies. As we visited Catholic schools in Port-au-Prince, I found myself wishing there was something we could do to provide these children...

Making the Dream a Reality: 3 Challenges from Dr. King

As a young man with no smartphone and poor map reading skills, I naturally got lost the first time I drove to see the school at which I would teach...

The Key to a Successful School Year? Try Joy

During my time as a school leader, we regularly set a goal to have the most joyful school in the country. We reminded our team and family of teachers that...

Why What We Believe about Students Really Matters

In the current political climate of education reform and high-stakes accountability, we often hear calls for "higher expectations." For those of us invested in the work of transforming Catholic schools...

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Presence Over Perfection: What Really Matters in Your Classroom

Waiting Together: Advent in the Classroom