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A Crisis Of Community: Catholic School Closures And Urban Neighborhoods, Margaret Brinig, Nicole Stelle Garnett Mar 2015

A Crisis Of Community: Catholic School Closures And Urban Neighborhoods, Margaret Brinig, Nicole Stelle Garnett

Margaret F Brinig

A Crisis of Community: Catholic School Closures and Urban Neighborhoods A discussion with the authors of Lost Classroom, Lost Community: Catholic Schools' Importance in Urban America Thursday, September 18, 2014 Margaret Brinig, Nicole Stelle Garnett, Fr. Tim Scully, Moderator Sponsored by: Robert A Fox Leadership Program - Faith and Service Partners,Collegium Institute for Catholic Thought & Culture,Penn Newman Chapter,Archdiocese of Philadelphia,Alliance for Catholic Education,Notre Dame Law School,Penn's Program for Research on Religion & Urban Civil Society.


A Crisis Of Community: Catholic School Closures And Urban Neighborhoods, Margaret Brinig, Nicole Stelle Garnett Jan 2015

A Crisis Of Community: Catholic School Closures And Urban Neighborhoods, Margaret Brinig, Nicole Stelle Garnett

Nicole Stelle Garnett

A Crisis of Community: Catholic School Closures and Urban Neighborhoods A discussion with the authors of Lost Classroom, Lost Community: Catholic Schools' Importance in Urban America Thursday, September 18, 2014 Margaret Brinig, Nicole Stelle Garnett, Fr. Tim Scully, Moderator Sponsored by: Robert A Fox Leadership Program - Faith and Service Partners,Collegium Institute for Catholic Thought & Culture,Penn Newman Chapter,Archdiocese of Philadelphia,Alliance for Catholic Education,Notre Dame Law School,Penn's Program for Research on Religion & Urban Civil Society.


Catholic Schools, Charter Schools, And Urban Neighborhoods, Margaret F. Brinig, Nicole Stelle Garnett Nov 2013

Catholic Schools, Charter Schools, And Urban Neighborhoods, Margaret F. Brinig, Nicole Stelle Garnett

Nicole Stelle Garnett

This paper addresses implications for urban neighborhoods of two dramatic shifts in the American educational landscape: (1) the rapid disappearance of Catholic schools from urban neighborhoods, and (2) the rise of charter schools. In previous studies, we linked Catholic school closures to increased disorder and crime, and decreased social cohesion, in Chicago neighborhoods. This paper turns to two questions unanswered in our previous investigations. First, because we focused exclusively on school closures in our previous studies, we were uncertain whether our results reflected the work that open Catholic schools do as neighborhood institutions or whether we were finding a “loss …


Are Charters Enough Choice? School Choice And The Future Of Catholic Schools, Nicole Stelle Garnett Nov 2013

Are Charters Enough Choice? School Choice And The Future Of Catholic Schools, Nicole Stelle Garnett

Nicole Stelle Garnett

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Catholic Schools, Charter Schools, And Urban Neighborhoods, Margaret F. Brinig, Nicole Stelle Garnett Oct 2013

Catholic Schools, Charter Schools, And Urban Neighborhoods, Margaret F. Brinig, Nicole Stelle Garnett

Margaret F Brinig

This paper addresses implications for urban neighborhoods of two dramatic shifts in the American educational landscape: (1) the rapid disappearance of Catholic schools from urban neighborhoods, and (2) the rise of charter schools. In previous studies, we linked Catholic school closures to increased disorder and crime, and decreased social cohesion, in Chicago neighborhoods. This paper turns to two questions unanswered in our previous investigations. First, because we focused exclusively on school closures in our previous studies, we were uncertain whether our results reflected the work that open Catholic schools do as neighborhood institutions or whether we were finding a “loss …


Are Charters Enough Choice? School Choice And The Future Of Catholic Schools, Nicole Stelle Garnett Jan 2012

Are Charters Enough Choice? School Choice And The Future Of Catholic Schools, Nicole Stelle Garnett

Journal Articles

An essay is presented on Catholic and charter schools and the closing of such schools in the U.S. The academic performance, parental involvement and the after-school religious education targeted for charter school students is discussed. The connections between the Catholic and charter schools and the legal issues governing conversion to charter schools is also discussed along with the concerns in the urban community due the closure of Catholic schools.


Catholic Schools, Charter Schools, And Urban Neighborhoods, Margaret F. Brinig, Nicole Stelle Garnett Jan 2012

Catholic Schools, Charter Schools, And Urban Neighborhoods, Margaret F. Brinig, Nicole Stelle Garnett

Journal Articles

This paper addresses implications for urban neighborhoods of two dramatic shifts in the American educational landscape: (1) the rapid disappearance of Catholic schools from urban neighborhoods, and (2) the rise of charter schools. In previous studies, we linked Catholic school closures to increased disorder and crime, and decreased social cohesion, in Chicago neighborhoods. This paper turns to two questions unanswered in our previous investigations. First, because we focused exclusively on school closures in our previous studies, we were uncertain whether our results reflected the work that open Catholic schools do as neighborhood institutions or whether we were finding a “loss …