Catholic Education Vs Just Education

All schools today have a responsibility to do more than to just education children. Social responsibility, resiliency and community activism now must be taught along with reading, writing and arithmetic. A school’s focus can no longer be on the subjects it teaches, but rather the children it instructs. The whole child is more important than his/her intellect alone. The ultimate goal of schools today needs to be to continually challenge the students while giving them the tools to succeed, not only in the classroom, but also in the world in which they live. This is why it is so vitally important for our children today to have a Catholic education.

What makes Catholic education unique is that Catholic schools go beyond teaching “values”.

It is about encouraging those around us to always strive to be the best they can be as well. The “learning” usually takes place within the struggle. The administration, faculty, parents and students support one another as we all face the daily struggle to become better versions of ourselves in a society that often tries to dictate who we should

As technology grows ever more immediate and complex, it has changed the way we communicate with one another as well as with the larger community. Technology has created a very “small” world that the students can navigate without ever leaving the classroom. The challenge that a school faces however, is how to transform the importance of having technology in the school to utilizing technology for learning. Technology can not only enhance a student’s education, but used correctly, it can enable a student with learning disabilities to more easily overcome obstacles and keep them on level with students who do not have such daily challenges. Thus, administrators have to be aware of how they can assist educators to be able to assimilate their lessons with technology, but also give the teachers the skills they need in order to make a student’s learning experience both meaningful and engaging. Educators need to be aware that with this new shift of focus on technology comes a new definition of what it means to be “literate”. However, just being literate is not enough, students must continue to develop their curiosity, creativity and critical thinking without losing the basic skills of interpersonal