Fordham Institute: Who Will Save America's Urban Catholic Schools?

The Thomas B. Fordham Institute has released a new study entitled "Who Will Save America's Urban Catholic Schools?"

It reads, in part, "America’s urban Catholic schools are in crisis. This report finds that over 1,300 schools have shut down since 1990, mostly in our cities. As a result, some 300,000 students have been displaced – forced to attend other public, private, or parochial schools. The school closures have cost taxpayers more than $20 billion to accommodate the additional students that public schools have had to absorb.

Is this a crisis worth addressing? Are further closures inevitable, or can Church leaders, parishioners, philanthropists and/or public policymakers reverse these trends? Should they try? This report answers those questions and more."