Catholic schools and the common good / Anthony S. Bryk, Valerie E. Lee, Peter B. Holland.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bryk, Anthony S.

Contributor:

Lee, Valerie E.

Holland, Peter Blakeley.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Catholic Church.

Catholic high schools--United States--History.

Catholic high schools.

Catholic high schools--United States--Administration.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 402 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, 1993.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The authors examine a broad range of Catholic high schools to determine whether or not students are better educated in these schools than they are in public schools. They find that the Catholic schools do have an independent effect on achievement, especially in reducing disparities between disadvantaged and privileged students. The Catholic school of today, they show, is informed by a vision, similar to that of John Dewey, of the school as a community committed to democratic education and the common good of all students.

Contents:

""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Prologue""; ""I CONTEXT""; ""1 The Tradition of Catholic Schools""; ""2 Research Past and Present""; ""II INSTITUTIONAL ANALYSIS""; ""3 Classroom Life""; ""4 Curriculum and Academic Organization""; ""5 Communal Organization""; ""6 Governance""; ""III DIVERSITY AMONG CATHOLIC SCHOOLS""; ""7 The Transition to High School""; ""8 Variations in Internal Operations""; ""9 Single-Sex versus Coeducational Schools""; ""IV EFFECTS""; ""10 The Impact of Academic Organization""; ""11 The Impact of Communal Organization""; ""V IMPLICATIONS""; ""12 Catholic Lessons for America's Schools"" ""Epilogue: The Future of Catholic High Schools""; ""Notes""; ""References""; ""Index""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [383]-394) and index.

ISBN:

9780674029033

0674029038

OCLC:

923109582