Catholic Schools: Private and Social Effects / Edition 1

by William Sander

Overview

In When Work Disappears, Harvard sociologist William Julius Wilson (1996) notes that African Americans in Chicago who attended Catholic schools are viewed more favorably by employers than African Americans who attended public schools. Such findings corroborate a widely though not univer­ sally-held view that Catholic schools succeed in boosting mobility for children of less-privileged families. Can its success bebroadened? Nobel-prize winning economist Robert Fogel (2000) drawing upon the research by Wilson and oth­ ers suggests that Catholic schools might play a larger role in promoting an egalitarian society, if grants were made available to poor students that could be used in the parochial school sector. Nobel-prize winning economists Milton Friedman (1962) and Gary Becker (1989) also make strong cases for education vouchers and for more competition in primary and secondary education in the United States. From a different perspective, Archbishop of Chicago Francis Cardinal George argues that Catholic "education that is faith-based, that provides values and discipline, that is Jesus-centered, has the potential to trans­ form the world" (Archdiocese of Chicago, 2000b). Despite such opinions, there is controversy concerning the measured effects of Catholic schooling on educational attainment, academic achieve­ ment, and other tangible outcomes.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780792372455
Publisher:	Springer US
Publication date:	11/30/2000
Edition description:	2001
Pages:	140
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.02(d)

Table of Contents

List of Tables. Acknowledgments. 1. Introduction. 2. Catholic Grade Schools and Academic Achievement. 3. Catholic Religiosity and Catholic School Effects. 4. Catholic Schools and Educational Attainment: Findings for Older Adults. 5. Catholic High Schools and Rural Academic Achievement. 6. Catholic High Schools and Homework. 7. Catholic Schools and Public School Achievement. 8. Catholic Schools and Housing Values. 9. Catholic Schools and Religious Outcomes. 10. Catholic Schools Health Habits and Substance Abuse. 11. Conclusions. Index.