Category: Private and Parochial Education
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CSF Honored at Trey Whitfield Dinner
Last Friday night was warm and humid outside, but inside Brooklyn’s El Caribe Country Club the air was cool, the fairy lights were glowing, the music was smooth, and the stage was set for a terrific benefit for the Trey Whitfield School. Among the six adult honorees was CSF President Darla Romfo. Darla was selected…
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The Street Stops Here – Airs Tonight
Tonight’s the night! The Street Stops Here airs tonight on PBS at 10:00pm EST. Don’t miss this powerful story about an inner-city high school basketball team, and the coach and school leaders who make it possible. As Coach Bob Hurley says, “If I can get them out of Jersey City, if I can get them…
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The Street Stops Here – On PBS This Wednesday
Can’t wait ’til this weekend’s March Madness finals for a basketball fix? Don’t miss The Street Stops Here, a new documentary about high school basketball champions from St. Anthony High School in Jersey City. Their coach, Bob Hurley, Sr., is a legend in high school basketball, with more than 900 victories in his 35 years…
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CSF President Speaks in Buffalo
CSF President, Darla Romfo, had the pleasure of being the keynote speaker for the ninth annual “Making a Difference – Celebration of Catholic Education Dinner” last night at the Adam’s Mark hotel in downtown Buffalo. In her speech, Darla praised the efforts and outcomes Catholic schools have achieved for inner-city communities. The value these schools…
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The Cartel – a School Choice Documentary
This eye-opening documentary by Bob Bowdon takes a critical look at education spending in New Jersey and suggests that a lack of funding is not the biggest obstacle to improving test scores and graduation rates. Watch the trailer, and go to www.TheCartelMovie.com to learn more and find out about screenings.
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CSF Highlighted in Cal Thomas column
Syndicated columnist Cal Thomas has a piece in today’s Washington Times highlighting Children’s Scholarship Fund’s event last week. Read all about it!
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A Message from Kevin P. Chavous
Dear Friend, On Wednesday, September 30th, more than a thousand families from the Washington, D.C. area-and from across the country-will be gathering at a Capitol Hill rally to “Save School Choice.” We hope you will come, too–and invite as many people as possible. We’ve seen what happens when thousands of people with a clear message…
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Conversation with Patrick McCloskey
Last Thursday, CSF hosted a conversation with Patrick McCloskey, author of The Street Stops Here: A Year at a Catholic High School in Harlem. The event was a great success – lively conversations, good food and drinks, and best of all, a gathering of CSF supporters, including a scholarship recipient family. The evening began with…
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Spotlight on CSF Partner Program – Washington Scholarship Fund
The School Choice Demonstration Project (SCDP) at the University of Arkansas has released a report examining the experiences and outcomes of families participating in the Opportunity Scholarship Program (OSP), the only federally-funded school voucher program in the U.S. operated by CSF partner, the Washington Scholarship Fund (WSF). On January 2004, President Bush signed the District…
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Jeb Bush on School Choice: Changing Lives Instantly
Jeb Bush, the former governor of Florida, has written a compelling column about school choice. “Increasingly, the formula for rising student achievement incorporates four core principles – a commitment to high academic standards for all students, greater access to advanced curricula, data-driven accountability to ensure students are learning a year’s worth of knowledge in a…