Brinig, Margaret F.,

Lost classroom, lost community : Catholic schools' importance in urban America / Margaret F. Brinig and Nicole Stelle Garnett. - Chicago ; |a London : The University of Chicago Press, 2014 ©2014 - xii, 202 pages; 23 cm

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.

371.0712 BRI 2014