Always a joy and privilege to work with Catholic school leaders to build financially viable and sustainable Catholic schools!

Our new report on potentially contentious issues in the curriculum, out today! The largest and most detailed survey ever on these topics. This report covers an array of race-, LGBTQ-, and sex education-related scenarios in schools, going far deeper than any previous study ...

Congrats to Dr. Jeremy Alexander, an Instructional Leadership Coach with the Roche Center, on his Dissertation of the Year Award from the AERA Religion & Education SIG! A wonderful recognition & honor! Boston College Lynch School

Waiting for the Catholic school enrollment numbers for 2023-24 like...

When I say that kids with disabilities belong in Catholic school, and you tell me to "accept reality," you mean that the best way to balance the budget is to exclude kids like mine. Stop doing that. Unless you think it would be also fair to balance the budget by excluding yours.

FL Catholic schools are the exception, not the rule. FL is +9% in the last 10 years, while nationwide enrollment is -14% in the same period. OH, IN, and AZ all have expansive, sustained voucher programs and none have seen that level of growth.

AI transcription and nasal congestion are quite the combination. For the record I was trying to say "steer the ship"

I’m grateful to be a member of this BC Roche Center team & to have had time away last week on retreat. The team is composed of many talented, mission-driven individuals & I am fortunate to learn with & from them. Here’s to our continued efforts in service of our Catholic schools!

This was SUCH a great conversation - excited for our summer book club and for the tremendous partners and colleagues who will be joining us. Register if you haven’t done so already!

Eerily reminiscent of the blended and personalized learning hype from the early 2010s. At some point generative AI will normalize into something that is far less impactful than hoped for, but more useful than its strongest detractors suggest. Until then we have to deal with this

The Newtown school system honored the 20 children who died at Sandy Hook by including their names aming the graduating class. Hard to believe how much time has passed since the massacre and all that was lost.

Great story here on the single largest gift given to Catholic schools in the United States - and one sign of reform in Catholic education that is expansive, inclusionary, and spirit-filled.

What grade levels or content areas do we consistently struggle to staff? What data do we have to support this? Check out my NCEA blog post for more questions to guide recruitment strategies in Catholic schools & to register for my 8/13 webinar on this topic. Boston College Lynch School

“For every problem there is a solution that is clear, simple, and wrong.” - H.L. Mencken It may not make you very popular, but it’s a hell of a maxim to guide your work if you want to be trustworthy.

Networks of collaboration are an essential asset for all Catholic school leaders to draw upon. Join Daniel Ferris and John Reyes for a free webinar on September 5 offered as part of @nceatalk's New and Aspiring Principals Webinar Series: ncea.zoom.us/meeting/regist…