Recommendations for the reorganization of Catholic secondary schools located in the inner city are presented. (MJM)

Argues that the education voucher experiment proposed by the United States Office of Economic Opportunity promises benefits especially for the poor, but that support for it will be hard to come by. (RJ)

This paper is set against a history of school funding policies in Australia that begins with the first public policy recognition of the disadvantages experienced by government and non-government schools in the 1973 Schools in Australia (Karmel) Report. The paper traces a history of school funding policy linking it with the current backlash against…

Part of a six-volume series, this publication contains summaries of theme papers commissioned for the National Congress on Catholic Schools for the 21st century, Nov. 6-10, 1991. The meeting had three broad goals: (1) to communicate the story of the academic and religious effectiveness of Catholic schools to a national audience; (2) to celebrate…

Part five of a six volume series of theme papers commissioned for a congress on Catholic schools, this volume includes two papers. In "Catholic School Governance", Rosemary Hocevar reflects on Catholic school governance in order to expand the dialogue on the future of Catholic schools. Hocevar also examines how the Catholic schools have been…

This is a statistical report on Catholic high school education in the United States. The report builds on two previous reports ("The Catholic High School: A National Portrait," in 1985 and a follow-up study of high school finances in 1986). Data are drawn from a sample of 206 schools stratified on the variables of region and enrollment…

Author visits his former school, with its emphasis on the other Rs". (Editor/RK)

Trends within the Catholic educational system are discussed. (CK)

Criticizes plans for public support of church related schools. (MK)

If we can view things realistically and still be imbued with Christian optimism and if we put more effort into the servant aspect of leadership, Catholic schools will progress in quality and quantity. (Author/SJL)

This publication presents a statistical report of current general and financial information on Catholic elementary school education in the United States. The report is a companion piece to "United States Catholic Elementary and Secondary Schools, 1987-88." Both reports overview and analyze the core school, enrollment trends, and staffing…

This document presents a general statistical background for some of the issues confronting private colleges and universities operating under the sponsorship and within the values of the Catholic religion. The data are presented under 2 major categories: general information and financial information. Included under general information are…

Catholic education is the largest alternative school system in the United States. But it is facing financial and policy problems as more and more low-income and minority groups look to Catholic schools to provide their children with a quality education. Discusses some of the bias associated with Catholic schools as well as recent developments.…