Lost Classroom, Lost Community: Catholic Schools' Importance in Urban America

by Nicole Stelle Garnett and Margaret F. Brinig

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 022612200X
• ISBN13: 9780226122007
• Release Date: April 2014
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.2"