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Schools are inhibiting the process of developing children’s skills in digital technologies and new media literacy. Of the 319,223 K12 students surveyed by the Speak Up project in America conducted in 2007, 43% of students expressed a frustration with the schools policy on Internet filtering and agreed that it inhibited their learning. Over 40% of students sited their teachers also as a major obstacle to using technology. (Speak Up 2007). Children’s media experience in school is poor, filtering… Continue

This blog post is a summary of the main ideas and thoughts from a recent publication from the CES entitled: 'Catholic Schools, Children of other faiths and community cohesion: Cherishing education for human growth.' The publication can be downloaded here Vincent Nichols in his forward suggests that inter faith dialogue is a theme taken up by the teachings of Pope John Paul II and Pope Benedict XVI which speak of the "integral human… Continue