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L. Loewenkamp's avatar

Love, love, love this!

As an employee in a public school system, I see the issues with secular teacher training and the model of public education in general. Students are no longer encouraged to memorize anything. How can we expect them to do higher-level math or literature when they have not learned their multiplication tables or parts of speech?

Even more crucial is how the students we serve seem to have no sense of their own worth, leading to all kinds of anxiety and behavior issues. I wish our community had a Catholic school option with this type of model! Our kids deserve to know just how much they are loved by God and how much He desires them to live out His plan for their lives! But of course, we can't say this in a public school environment...

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Mary's avatar

Lovely article, my children's grade school is part of ICLE and I love hearing my seven and nine-year-old discuss their favorite poets and talk about Greek mythology. So cool!

One correction, Aquinas Elementary is in David City, Nebraska and part of the Lincoln Diocese but not in Lincoln.

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