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"If we want students to get more out of class, we’ve got to put more in—and we do that by giving teachers the sustained support they need."
“The Aztecs were hard,” Lisa explains, referring to a recent unit of study in first grade. The emphasis on content knowledge is a new element to the curriculum, and it is definitely a challenge—but one she sees already bearing fruit.
By the numbers, America’s Catholic schools constitute the largest non-public school system in the world. Yet it also operates in a deeply decentralized and community-driven way.
Last year, membership in a church community in the U.S. dropped below 50%. Yet Catholic school enrollment rose. Catholic schools have a new opportunity—and a new urgency—when it comes to cultivating the religious lives of young people.