Pages tagged "Education"

The Catholic Spirit: Proposed legislation to benefit Catholic schools, prospective families in need

(January 26, 2017 – The Catholic Spirit – Matthew Davidson) A bill that can help middle and low-income families afford a Catholic or priv...

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The Catholic Spirit: MCC: Welfare, surrogacy, school choice top MCC’s legislative priorities

(By Maria Wiering, The Catholic Spirit) The Minnesota Legislature reconvenes March 8 for its 2016 session, scheduled to end May 23. For t...

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School choice: How does it benefit me?

For those without kids in school, it may be difficult to see why expanding parental choice in education is a policy goal deserving of wid...

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The Catholic Spirit: Why you should support school choice proposals before the MN Legislature

(April 25, 2016 – The Catholic Spirit – by Bob Zyskowski) Expanding parental choice in education through tax credits and other programs i...

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The Catholic Spirit: Q&A: Bishop Cozzens on tuition tax credits, mercy and the common good

(March 18, 2016 – The Catholic Spirit – By Maria Wiering) Bishop Andrew Cozzens, auxiliary bishop of St. Paul and Minneapolis, joined bis...

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The Catholic Spirit: MCC ‘very proud’ of passage of prenatal diagnosis bill

Other legislation supported by Minnesota Catholic Conference didn’t fare as well during 2015 state legislative session Thanks to the work...

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Minnesotans want more choice in education

School choice opponents often argue that creating more options for parents will allow non-public schools to skim the cream of students fr...

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The Visitor: State's Catholic bishops highlight policy priorities in meetings with governor, legislators

For Bishop Donald Kettler and the other Catholic bishops of Minnesota, spending a “day on the hill” March 5 with Gov. Mark Dayton and sta...

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The Catholic Spirit: Building bridges: Minnesota Catholic Conference expects Church-supported bills to draw support from both sides of the aisle

With the state House of Representatives switching to Republican control after last fall’s elections and the Senate and governor’s office ...

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What does education choice really look like?

In the last edition of this column, I shared about why education policy is a deeply personal issue for me, and why it was an important ju...

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