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Featuring a Gary Comer Student |
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Written by Markita
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Thursday, 08 January 2009 |
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Markita, an eighth grader at San Miguel School - Gary Comer campus, shares her story for the NativityMiguel Network Annual Report. Markita reflects on how she found herself at San Miguel, the reasons why she loves her school, and what she hopes to pursue in the future.
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Who Will Save America’s Urban Catholic Schools? |
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Written by Thomas B. Fordham Institute
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Friday, 18 April 2008 |
America’s urban Catholic schools are in crisis. This report finds that over 1,300 schools have shut down since 1990, mostly in our cities. As a result, some 300,000 students have been displaced – forced to attend other public, private, or parochial schools. The school closures have cost taxpayers more than $20 billion to accommodate the additional students that public schools have had to absorb.
Is this a crisis worth addressing? Are further closures inevitable, or can Church leaders, parishioners, philanthropists and/or public policymakers reverse these trends? Should they try? This 122 page report answers those questions and more.
Download the complete report.
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