Common Core Concerns Brought to Bishops' Meeting
From Our Mail . . .
Dear Friends,
Only a week this amazing could end with another shocker on
Common Core!
You'll recall that last week, The Cardinal Newman Society uncovered a
large grant to the National Catholic Educational Association (NCEA) from the
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation—more than $100,000 for teacher training on
the controversial Common Core school standards.
Now the NCEA has issued a
public statement defending its position and calling out other Catholic
groups—including the Archdiocese of Seattle—for accepting Gates
Foundation money!
Apparently our report on the NCEA grant, our survey
of top Catholic high school principals about Common Core, and my EWTN
interview are getting widespread attention—even from the U.S. bishops
who gathered for their annual meeting in Baltimore. It was there that the
bishops' advisory board encouraged them to review the NCEA's advocacy of
Common Core and renew attention to Ex corde Ecclesiae in our Catholic
colleges.
Meanwhile, together with the National Association of Private
Catholic and Independent Schools (NAPCIS) and the Catholic Education Foundation,
we've been meeting with bishops, Catholic school superintendents and principals to
explain concerns about Common Core. And this week, The Cardinal Newman Society
also presented our annual meeting of presidents from faithful Catholic
colleges—truly admirable men and women!
Like I said… it was an amazing week. May God bless you
for making this all-important work possible through your prayers and support.
Yours in Christ,
Patrick J. Reilly
President
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