In today's educational system, we are encountering a massive shift in many issues. One major issue deals with Catholic education and what the future holds for it. In the context of education there is a massive change in the context of education which are causing huge structural changes. We are living in a time where our children need more and more Catholic based teaching along with values, morals, and problem solving skills. Catholic education is more and more important but it is also less and less practical to teach. If it is not in the specific curriculum, then it is perceived as not being important. Many schools in Ontario have conflicting philosophies wit

h the conflict of skills versus values. More and more is added to the curriculum with the length of the day and the year staying the same. We are trying to keep pace with other countries and thus are losing out in the values and Catholic education area. With this, we have a large implication for teachers in that we have an increased pressure and increased expectations upon teachers and schools to teach what is tested in province-wide grade level tests.

Many critics of Catholic education are saying that they want their own school system and the Ministry of Education must thus support them. The Catholic Church is finding itself in a time of turmoil. Gone are the days when priests staffed every parish, sacramental theology made sense to most laity, and an abundance of nuns educated an

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