Although multicultural education is misunderstood by many and feared by some, it has been embraced by educators throughout the world as a necessary approach to preparing the next generation for the complexities of the 21st century. A study explored the work of three Catholic secondary religion teachers, who use multicultural strategies in their…

A study was conducted to determine the association among variables representing parent and school demographics, parents' opinions of the school, their reasons for choosing it, and their willingness to support the school in various ways, including the level of tuition they would pay. Data were collected from a stratified sample of 10 high schools…

Recent reports have confirmed that boys, not girls, are increasingly on the unfavorable side of the gender gap in education and developmental matters. This paper provides an analysis of trends in the gender gap among students in Catholic and public schools during the period from 1972 to 1992 for a select set of variables. Although the gender gap…

Described an educational experiment that blends students from the suburbs with students from urban areas in an attempt to give them both a greater understanding of their environment. (RK)

This research was undertaken to discover which variables are related to the fiscal policy of an urban nonpublic Catholic school system and to identify the underlying structure of the data related to expenditures of that school system. (Author/JM)

The purpose of this paper is twofold: first, to survey the research on secular and sectarian effects of Catholic elementary and secondary schools, and second, to discuss value questions underlying any consideration of Catholic education and Catholic schools. (Author/RK)

Concern for the survival of private schools has precipitated Presidential recommendations which support educational pluralism by suggesting federal assistance to the urban poor, tax credits, a federal construction loan program, and tuition reimbursement. Court decisions which support the constitutionality of public financial assistance to private…

Literature review suggests structural characteristics which prevent counselors from performing optimally in a parochial school setting. Counselors ranked 20 obstacles, indicating that lack of clerical help, high student-counselor ratio, and insufficient time for professional improvement were most serious. (CJ)

Presented at the 66th Annual Convention of the National Catholic Educational Association, Detroit, Michigan, April 7-10, 1969.

Indicates that students were much more likely to comprehend text when they had a culturally appropriate schema into which to incorporate new information. (AEA)

The Irish educational system in the period following Irish independence was heavily influenced by the Rev. Timothy J. Corcoran. Rejecting any sort of child-influenced curriculum, he called for a rigid classics-based education based on Catholic dogma with maximum emphasis on memorization and repetition rather than on inquiry. (IS)

The evolving common school is public, community-based, supported by public taxation, and a secular alternative available to parents and their children. The "not-so-common" school, an example of which is Mendel Catholic High School (Chicago, Illinois), features curriculum constructed by professionals, religious training, and determination…

The author urges Catholic educators to fight federal regulation of their schools and to extend the freedom of education according to one's conscience to the poor as well as the rich. (SJL)

The author discusses changes in the role and organizational structures of high school and college seminaries which are being brought about by declining enrollments and rising expenses. (SJL)