Lost Classroom, Lost Community : Catholic Schools' Importance in Urban America / Nicole Stelle Garnett, Margaret F. Brinig.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brinig, Margaret F., Author.

Garnett, Nicole Stelle, Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Catholic schools--Social aspects--United States.

Catholic schools.

School closings--Social aspects--United States.

School closings.

Community schools--United States.

Community schools.

Charter schools--United States.

Charter schools.

School choice--United States.

School choice.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (215 p.)

Place of Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [2014]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In the past two decades in the United States, more than 1,600 Catholic elementary and secondary schools have closed, and more than 4,500 charter schools-public schools that are often privately operated and freed from certain regulations-have opened, many in urban areas. With a particular emphasis on Catholic school closures, Lost Classroom, Lost Community examines the implications of these dramatic shifts in the urban educational landscape. More than just educational institutions, Catholic schools promote the development of social capital-the social networks and mutual trust that form the foundation of safe and cohesive communities. Drawing on data from the Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods and crime reports collected at the police beat or census tract level in Chicago, Philadelphia, and Los Angeles, Margaret F. Brinig and Nicole Stelle Garnett demonstrate that the loss of Catholic schools triggers disorder, crime, and an overall decline in community cohesiveness, and suggest that new charter schools fail to fill the gaps left behind. This book shows that the closing of Catholic schools harms the very communities they were created to bring together and serve, and it will have vital implications for both education and policing policy debates.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

Introduction

Chapter One. The Vanishing Urban Catholic School

Chapter Two. Catholic Schools and Charter Schools

Chapter Three. Catholic School Closures and Neighborhood Social Capital

Chapter Four. Catholic School Closures and Neighborhood Crime

Chapter Five. Charter Schools, Catholic Schools, and Crime

Chapter Six. A Replicable Story?

Chapter Seven. Explaining Catholic Schools' Positive Externalities

Chapter Eight. Expanding the Case for School Choice

Chapter Nine. Imagining Cities without Catholic Schools

Notes

Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2020)

ISBN:

9780226418438

022641843X

9780226122144

022612214X

OCLC:

1086524437