CONGRESS HONORS CONTRIBUTIONS OF CATHOLIC SCHOOLS

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  February 8, 2006 ;     255 words ...Rep. Tim Murphy, D-Pa. (18th CD), issued...In recognition of Catholic Schools Week and of the hundreds...said Congressman Tim Murphy (PA-18), a product of Catholic schools and cosponsor of the...principles promoted by Catholic schools. After all, most ...

Catholic Schools In Perspective: Religious Identity, Achievement, and...

Phi Delta Kappan;  October 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ...If one believes that Catholic schools have made a contribution to...into the next century, then Catholic schools must become part of the national...schools, the authors aver. CATHOLIC schools have become a lightning rod...

The so-called failure of Catholic schools. (response to David P. Baker and...

Phi Delta Kappan;  September 1, 1998 ;     700+ words ......social class composition of Catholic schools has changed, Father Greeley retorts. And the eliting of Catholic schools is a soluble problem. David...a picture of the failure of Catholic schools. They failed half a century...

Funding, test scores seen as key to Catholic schools' future

Chicago Sun-Times (IL);  May 5, 2008 ;     430 words ...Catholic schools need to find new sources of funding...finds. Since 1990, more than 1,300 Catholic schools serving 300,000 students have closed...Who Will Save America's Urban Catholic Schools?" For solutions, the study's authors...

Catholic Schools Week in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

PR Newswire;  January 31, 2000 ;     320 words ......Pennsylvania. That's one for each of the Catholic schools in Pennsylvania, which are celebrating Catholic Schools Week January 30 through February...Lighting the Way to a New Century. Catholic schools locally and nationally will celebrate...

Catholic Schools in the United States: An Encyclopedia.(Book review)

Catholic Education;  December 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ...CATHOLIC SCHOOLS IN THE UNITED STATES: AN ENCYCLOPEDIA...GREENWOOD PRESS, 2004 $183.95, 802 pages Catholic Schools in the United States: An Encyclopedia...concerned about the current state of Catholic schools and their future sustainability...

Governor, Legislators Recognize Catholic Schools Week.

PR Newswire;  January 25, 2002 ;     348 words ......General Assembly have marked Catholic Schools Week with a proclamation and...January 27 through February 2 Catholic Schools Week in Pennsylvania. The proclamation noted that for years Catholic schools have endeavored to educate...

President Clinton Salutes Catholic Schools Nationwide for Giving Strong...

U.S. Newswire;  February 1, 1994 ;     416 words ...WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Catholic schools were saluted by President Bill Clinton...instilling a strong moral foundation, Catholic schools are helping to secure a brighter future...faculties, staffs and alumni of America's Catholic schools...." as they celebrate the 20th ...

Including and serving students with special needs in Catholic schools: a...

Catholic Education;  June 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......serve students with special needs in Catholic schools. ********** The current agenda of...achievement and growth of all students. Catholic schools, while often not bound by the same...programs to send their children to Catholic schools. One reason noted by Greeley (1998...

Local institutions mark Catholic Schools Week

Sun, The: Wheaton (IL);  February 2, 2007 ;     362 words ...Catholic schools in Wheaton and Glen Ellyn and across...Education" this week as part of Catholic Schools Week. Area schools marked Jan. 29...teachers and parents. Launched in 1974, Catholic Schools Week is a joint effort of the Washington...

It's Not About the Failure of Catholic Schools It's About Demographic...

Phi Delta Kappan;  February 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ......Baker and Mr. Riordan assert, was that Catholic schools of the 1990s are going out of the...nothing to do with the failure of Catholic schools. Rather, we described the sweeping...non-Catholics. In 1992, 20% of students in Catholic schools were non-Catholic. Nationwide, only...

Catholic Schools: As Necessary as Ever

Momentum;  September 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ......will be the last to be held in some Catholic schools here and in other dioceses. The usual...church and for the community at large. Catholic schools constitute the best school system...national tests when they enter the Catholic schools, they move into the 60th, 70th and...

Gift to the Nation: Catholic Schools Garner Top Grades from 109th U.S....

Momentum;  April 1, 2006 ;     653 words ...Traditionally National Catholic Schools Week has provided a forum to advocate for Catholic schools at the local, state and federal levels...Congress turned the tables and saluted Catholic schools, praising both their academic excellence...

What is Catholic Schools Week?

Mundelein Review (IL);  January 31, 2008 ;     202 words ...Catholic Schools Week is an annual national celebration...education for America's young people. Catholic Schools Week is a key part of the yearlong National Marketing Campaign For Catholic Schools. What does Catholic Schools Week celebrate...

A LOSS TOO GREAT TO BEAR NO LEGAL BARRIER PREVENTS PRIVATE FUNDERS FROM...

Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA);  June 4, 2000 ;     700+ words ......broader community, many of the Catholic schools in the poorest areas of Seattle could disappear. Four Catholic schools - two in the Central District...that happen to the remaining Catholic schools in poor neighborhoods that educate...