Catholic Schools: Enduring Presence in Urban America

Paradoxically, because Catholic schools did not abandon education in urban society, the recent Supreme Court ruling on vouchers awakens interest in one of our nation’s best-kept urban secrets. Using the voucher case Zelman v. Simmons-Harris as a departure point, this article considers the past and c...

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Published in:Education and urban society 2002-11, Vol.35 (1), p.100-110
Main Author: Cattaro, Gerald M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Catholic Schools
Catholicism
Cities
Disadvantaged Youth
Diversity (Student)
Education
Educational organization
Educational sciences
Educational Vouchers
Elementary Secondary Education
Equal Education
General points
Nontraditional Education
Poverty
Private and denominational education
Private Schools
Religious education
Religious schools
School choice
Schools
Social pluralism
Sociology of education
Supreme Court decisions
Teaching Methods
U.S.A
Urban areas
Urban Schools
Urban studies
Zelman v Simmons Harris
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Summary:Paradoxically, because Catholic schools did not abandon education in urban society, the recent Supreme Court ruling on vouchers awakens interest in one of our nation’s best-kept urban secrets. Using the voucher case Zelman v. Simmons-Harris as a departure point, this article considers the past and current status of urban Catholic schools. The author appeals to the common good, to a common understanding, and to the common discourse in directing the United States’s struggle to meet the needs of a diverse and pluralistic society.
ISSN:0013-1245
1552-3535
DOI:10.1177/001312402237216