The "Eliting" of the Common American Catholic School and the National Education Crisis.

Baker, David P.; Riordan, Cornelius

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ERIC Number: EJ571794

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Publication Date: 1998

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The "Eliting" of the Common American Catholic School and the National Education Crisis.

Baker, David P.; Riordan, Cornelius

Phi Delta Kappan, v80 n1 p16-23 Sep 1998

Catholic schools' improved fortunes stem mostly from socioeconomic changes beginning in the 1970s and their role in the national debate over educational quality. A study assessing the state of Catholic education shows that Catholic common schools are becoming a system of proprietary schools that educate growing numbers of non-Catholic children from the wealthiest strata of society. (24 references) (MLH)

Descriptors: Catholic Schools, Educational Change, Educational History, Elementary Secondary Education, Elitism, Institutional Survival, Religious Factors, Social Change

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative

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Language: English

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