Category: Education News
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CSF Scholars Go Back to School!
This week marked the first day of school for thousands of CSF Scholars. Happy photos celebrating the event have been pouring into the office and we want to share them with you. Click the video above and be prepared to smile. At a time of much uncertainty, it is encouraging to see the pure joy and…
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Fox Business News’ David Asman interviews Darla Romfo about pandemic-inspired school choice momentum
“Education might be the one area where we have more freedom after this rather than less, because parents are tuned into what’s happening and a lot of parents are saying, ‘We need to have school choice. We need to have the option of sending our kids to private schools or homeschooling or doing whatever we…
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CSF President Darla Romfo discusses the need for school reopenings on Cavuto Live with David Asman and KDKA Radio
This past week, CSF President Darla Romfo had two opportunities to talk about school reopenings – over the weekend on Cavuto Live with David Asman and earlier in the week on Pittsburgh’s KDKA Radio Morning Show with Larry Richert and Kevin Battle. It’s been widely shown that remote learning has had negative impacts for many…
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Watch Fox Business News anchor David Asman interview CSF President Darla Romfo
Last night on Fox Business Tonight, CSF President Darla M. Romfo discussed the issue of school closures and how private schools are proving schools can reopen safely with David Asman. In making the point that children are suffering learning losses that will affect all of us for years to come, Darla said: “Right now, something…
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In New York, Parents Want and Need School Choices for their Kids. So Why Are the City and State Putting Up Roadblocks?
Note: This opinion piece appeared in The 74 on January 25, 2021. The COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically exposed the need for parental choice in education, and nowhere more starkly than in New York. As we saw this spring, when some students adapted quickly to remote learning while others struggled, in education, one size does not fit all.…
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Behind the Mask, Holiday Episode
Missed today’s episode of Behind the Mask? Click above to visit Times Square with CSF Scholars Andrew and Eric of Guardian Angel School, see student artwork from Our Lady of Lourdes School, and hear music from The Nutcracker performed by the Sacred Heart School Quintet. Thank you to CSF Alumna Nicole Serrato for hosting and…
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Behind the Mask, CSF’s new webinar series
This fall, even though we are grateful to note the majority of CSF participating schools are offering in-person instruction five days a week, safety dictates that we cannot visit schools or host in-person events to connect you with students and their families. That’s why we decided to launch a new webinar series called Behind the Mask…
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Private schools prove reopening learning institutions safely can be done
Note: This opinion piece appeared in The Hill on October 9, 2020. By CSF President Darla M. Romfo Weeks into the new school year, many urban public schools serving some of our nation’s poorest children remain closed, continuing to educate remotely. In contrast, the overwhelming majority of inner city private schools opened weeks ago — and many…
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CSF Alumnus Francis Connolly on the need for educational choice
Note: This piece by CSF Alumnus Francis Connolly was originally published in Education Post under the headline, “As Usual, Education Is Not a Priority for Our Presidential Candidates.” Francis, a recent graduate of SUNY Old Westbury, is a Future Leaders Fellow at the American Federation for Children and also serves as Vice Chairman of the…
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CSF Scholars go back to school!
Thousands of CSF Scholars went back to school this week. Even more exciting, a majority of them are back in the classroom in person, with many improvements in the virtual experience for those who chose to remain learning remotely for the time being. During these challenging times, the back to school photos they’re sharing are even more…
