Lost classroom, lost community : Catholic schools' importance in urban America
- Responsibility
- Margaret F. Brinig and Nicole Stelle Garnett.
- Language
- English.
- Publication
- Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2014.
- Copyright notice
- ©2014
- Physical description
- xii, 202 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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Education Library (Cubberley)
Stacks
| Call number | Status |
|---|---|
| LC501 .B585 2014 |
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Creators/Contributors
- Author/Creator
- Brinig, Margaret F., author.
- Contributor
- Garnett, Nicole Stelle, author.
Contents/Summary
- Contents
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- Introduction
- The vanishing urban Catholic school
- Catholic schools and charter schools
- Catholic school closures and neighborhood social capital
- Catholic school closures and neighborhood crime
- Charter schools, Catholic schools, and crime
- A replicable story?
- Explaining Catholic schools' positive externalities
- Expanding the case for school choice
- Imagining cities without Catholic schools.
- Publisher's 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.
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Bibliographic information
- Publication date
- 2014
- Copyright date
- 2014
- Note
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN
- 9780226122007 (cloth : alkaline paper)
- 022612200X (cloth : alkaline paper)
- 9780226122144 (e-book)
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