Struggling families
of low to moderate income pay an average annual tuition of $3,100 in support of
this education. Why? Because as you have seen, these schools work.
Solid test scores, soaring graduation rates and high levels of entry into
college mark their success.
Abundant research documents the academic success of Catholic schools and
their students. The data also points to the ability of these educators to
give children a moral and spiritual foundation and to help mold responsible,
productive members of society.
Click
here to read A Call to Action, written by education historian and
NYU Research Professor Diane Ravitch. This important and timely article
originally appeared in
2/13/2005 issue of the New York Daily
News.
Published in 2001, Catholic Schools in New York City, by Raymond
Domanico cites the higher success rate of Catholic schools in educating
minority and low-income children when compared to their public school
counterparts.
Download a copy of this report from the Heartland
Institute's "PolicyBot" in three separate parts:
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3
A 2003 report, Hardwired
to Connect, by The Commission on Children at Risk, suggests that the
accelerating rates of mental and behavioral problems among children can be directly linked
to the lack of connectedness children experience. Researchers identify
“authoritative communities” as the answer to some of them problems. Their
defining characteristics are the cornerstones of Catholic schools.
Download the Companion Summary of the
report .
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