Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-194) and index.
Introduction --The vanishing urban Catholic school -- Catholic schools and charter schools -- Catholic school closures and urban 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.
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Catholic schools--Social aspects--United States. School closings--Social aspects--United States. Community schools --United States. Charter schools--United States. School choice--United States.