A recent study done by an education-reform think tank finds that poor funding and shifting demographics have led to shuttering of 1,300 American Catholic schools since 1990. The Fordham Foundation’s Mike Petrilli discusses the report’s details.
Listen to it all, noting carefully the key role nuns play in the analysis.
The Catholic grade school I attended (attached to the parish where I received my first communion, was confirmed, and married) [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TN1DPQTXh7M&feature=related]closed its doors[/url] just last year. Looking back I don’t think I could’ve received a better education even at home.
Meant to add that between 1965 and 1971 I had only two teachers who were not nuns. (And we wore uniforms except on the last day of school.)
Thanks for the video Link SheepDog.