Meeting students’ special needs in Catholic schools: a report from the USA

Scanlan, Martin

doi:10.1080/19422539.2017.1286911

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“…Some studies investigated curricular, community-based, or organizational interventions and programs designed to enhance the experiences of stakeholder groups in current Catholic schools (Beltramo, 2012;Gibbs et al, 2009;Madden, 2017;Palomino-Bach & Fisher, 2017;Proehl et al, 2013;Rieckhoff, 2014;Scanlan, 2017;Suhy, 2012). As established in previous sections, urban Catholic educators are very aware their schools have not consistently provided stakeholders supportive or educative environments, particularly the low-income communities and communities of color these schools consider themselves mission-bound to serve.…”

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Examining the Legacy of Urban Catholic Schooling in the U.S.: A Systematic Literature Review

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Research conducted in the twentieth century found urban Catholic schools in the U.S. had a legacy of providing high quality educational opportunities for low-income students and students of color. In an era of declining Catholic school enrollments, urban Catholic school advocates have argued that urban Catholic school closures would deny these students one of the best educational opportunities available to them. However, there have been few attempts in recent years to synthesize research in, on, and about urban Catholic schools to see if the sector's historical legacy is still present. In this article, we systematically reviewed 80 recently published empirical research studies focused at some level on the effects, operations, and reforms currently present in urban Catholic education. We found that while positive effects of urban Catholic schools on student outcomes can still be identified, these effects are not consistently present in all urban Catholic schools and there is little evidence to suggest that the sector as a whole has enacted the social justice mission for which it is best known. In light of these findings, we conclude our review with suggestions for future research that connects urban Catholic schooling to contemporary issues present across all U.S. urban education.

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