On April 24, 2008, President George W. Bush convened an array of education and community stakeholders in Washington, D.C. to address the quickening disappearance of faith-based schools in America's cities. The disappearance of these schools, which have played a fundamental role in the American story of religious freedom and tolerance, community development, immigration and assimilation, is sadly impacting many disadvantaged families. For many urban parents, the moral grounding, community ethic, safe and structured environment, and academic rigor of faith-based schools are particularly prized because of the unfortunate alternatives many of these children and families face. Challenges and potential solutions for these schools are presented based on edited transcripts of panel participants (appended): (1) Opening Presentation (Karl Zinsmeister); (2) Faith-based Schools and the Common Good (Karl Zinsmeister, Charles Glenn, Joseph Viteritti, William Jeynes and Floyd Flake); (3) Speech by President George W. Bush (introduced by Aysia Mayo-Gray); (4) Practical Realities on the Ground (Jay Hein, Phylicia Lyons, Joseph O'Keefe, Vernard Gant and Virginia Walden-Ford); (5) Education Options and America's Cities (Margaret Spellings, Roy Bernardi, Steve Goldsmith and Nancy Grasmick); (6) Community Solutions (Scott Hamilton, Mary McDonald, Tom Tillapaugh, B. J. Cassin, Timothy Scully and David Zwiebel); and (7) Public Policy Options (Ray Simon, Anthony Picarello, Anthony Williams, Ronald Bowes, Lawrence Weinberg). (Contains 239 notes, 27 figures and 1 table.)