Word: systemize
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...money isn't reliable, maybe it's the system that needs to be overhauled, which brings us back to young John Eriksen's original point. Leaders have to divorce themselves from the church's old practices. "One of the big dirty phrases in Catholic education is 'It's a business,' " says Eriksen, who spent several years as a consultant for Catholic schools before becoming superintendent. "But at the end of the day, we are private-education providers. We charge tuition and offer a service in return, and a school run effectively is able to educate more people...
Cristo Rey is an island of success in the Catholic ocean. But as in the charter-school community, there is an awareness that there needs to be a system-wide overhaul, lest another thousand-plus schools close over the next decade. "Just because you're devoted to serving others isn't a reason why you can't be operationally excellent," says Eriksen. "That's not really a culture that has permeated the Catholic Church for the last few decades...
Read a 1969 article from TIME's archives about the Catholic-school system in crisis...
...things in France can provoke heated debate faster than moves to tinker with the country's vaunted public-education system, which embodies republican values that date back to the French Revolution. It's especially true when the changes involve an idea as capitalistic and nonegalitarian as paying certain students - the ones most apt to fail and drop out - to attend classes and get good grades...
...most senior member of the governing African National Congress (ANC) to go to trial on corruption charges, accused of accepting bribes from a tycoon murder suspect, Glenn Agliotti, and his associates in 2004 and 2005. The case is being seen as a critical test of South Africa's judicial system. Since being elected President in April, Jacob Zuma has vowed to clean up South African politics, firing and disciplining a number of senior civil servants. An impartial and transparent trial for Selebi would be an important milestone in the efforts of the courts to recover their legitimacy following years...