As Catholics we are called to participate in political life.[1] But what should this participation look like? What types of policies should we support, defend, or oppose? Even narrowing the scope to education policy, there is a vast array of issues including, but not limited to, school choice, public school funding, testing requirements, curriculum requirements, exceptional student education, student transportation, athletics, higher education, preschool education, charter schools, testing accountability, district governance, school safety, and state scholarship program funding. These issues each contain a plethora of sub-issues, statutory structures, and countless potential policy solutions, which in turn include changes to, or the wholesale creation of, state statutes and administrative regulations.
Four Principles
Four Principles
Four Principles
As Catholics we are called to participate in political life.[1] But what should this participation look like? What types of policies should we support, defend, or oppose? Even narrowing the scope to education policy, there is a vast array of issues including, but not limited to, school choice, public school funding, testing requirements, curriculum requirements, exceptional student education, student transportation, athletics, higher education, preschool education, charter schools, testing accountability, district governance, school safety, and state scholarship program funding. These issues each contain a plethora of sub-issues, statutory structures, and countless potential policy solutions, which in turn include changes to, or the wholesale creation of, state statutes and administrative regulations.