Catholic Schools In Perspective: Religious Identity, Achievement, and Citizenship.(Catholic schools must begin to take part in the national discussion on education)

From: Phi Delta Kappan | Date: October 1, 1999| Author: Youniss, James; McLellan, Jeffrey A. | Copyright information

If one believes that Catholic schools have made a contribution to the Catholic church and to American society and if one cares to see them survive in a viable form into the next century, then Catholic schools must become part of the national discussion on education and must be viewed as complementary to - and not replacements for - public schools, the authors aver.

CATHOLIC schools have become a lightning rod in public discourse on education. The recent exchange in these...

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