Lost classroom, lost community : Catholic schools' importance in urban America /

In the past two decades in the United States, more than 1,600 Catholic elementary and secondary schools have closed, and more than 4,500 charter schools--public schools that are often privately operated and freed from certain regulations--have opened, many in urban areas. With a particular emphasis...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Brinig, Margaret F. (Autor), Garnett, Nicole Stelle (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, [2014]
Temas:
Catholic schools > Social aspects > United States.
School closings > Social aspects > United States.
Community schools > United States.
Charter schools > United States.
School choice > United States.
Écoles catholiques > Aspect social > États-Unis.
Écoles > Fermeture > Aspect social > États-Unis.
Écoles communautaires > États-Unis.
Écoles à charte > États-Unis.
Écoles > Choix > États-Unis.
EDUCATION > Administration > General.
EDUCATION > Organizations & Institutions.
Catholic schools > Social aspects
Charter schools
Community schools
School choice
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • The vanishing urban Catholic school
  • Catholic schools and charter schools
  • Catholic school closures and urban neighborhood social capital
  • Catholic school closures and neighborhood crime
  • Charter schools, Catholic schools, and crime: a replicable story?
  • Explaining Catholic schools' positive externalities
  • Expanding the case for school choice
  • Imagining cities without Catholic schools.

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