Catholic Schools and the Common Good

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Harvard University Press, Jun 30, 2009 - Education - 416 pages
The authors examine a broad range of Catholic high schools to determine whether or not students are better educated in these schools than they are in public schools. They find that the Catholic schools do have an independent effect on achievement, especially in reducing disparities between disadvantaged and privileged students. The Catholic school of today, they show, is informed by a vision, similar to that of John Dewey, of the school as a community committed to democratic education and the common good of all students.
 

Contents

Prologue
1
I CONTEXT
13
II INSTITUTIONAL ANALYSIS
79
III DIVERSITY AMONG CATHOLIC SCHOOLS
167
IV EFFECTS
243
V IMPLICATIONS
295
The Future of Catholic High Schools
329
Notes
345
References
383
Index
395
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