Private Religious Protestant and Catholic Schools in the United States and Canada: Introduction, Overview, and Policy Implications

Abstract

This article introduces the research initiated by Cardus on private religious Protestant and Catholic schools in NorthAmerica and provides an overview of the succeeding articles presented in this special section of the Journal of School Choice. Through mixed method study by multiple research teams the inquiry was designed to seek to better understand the academic, spiritual, and cultural outcomes of private religious Christian education in Canada and the United States. This article introduces the conceptual variables under investigation and the approaches to inquiry employed in the various studies. The article reflects on several of the findings and comments on the possible policy implications of this research.

Molecular integrity and global gene expression of breast and lung cancer stem cells under long-term storage and recovery

“…The authentication of both cell lines were validated by the amplification of short tandem repeated DNA sequences using PowerPlex 1.2 System (Promega, Madison WI) according to manufacturer instructions. Analysis of the data on Applied Biosystems ABI Prism 310 Genetic Analyzer confirmed the origin of the cell lines and perfectly matched with the parental cell lines obtained from ATCC (Karimi-Busheri et al 2012). …”

“…CD24 low/− /CD38 + and CD44 + /CD24 low/− expression were used as biomarkers of an enriched population of Lungospheres and mammospheres, respectively (Karimi-Busheri et al 2012; Rasouli-Nia et al 2004). Approximately, 0.5 × 10 6 cells were mixed with FACS phosphate saline buffer (PBS) containing 2 % fetal bovine serum (FBS) and 2 mM ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA).…”

Rejoinder to William H. Jeynes' “Response to theJournal of School Choice's Special Section on ‘Private Religious Protestant and Catholic Education in North America: Contributions and Concerns’”

“…While he lauds the studies (see Van Pelt, Sikkink, Pennings, & Seel, 2012;Sikkink, 2012;Van Brummelen & Koole, 2012;LeBlanc & Slaughter, 2012;Beckman, Drexler, & Eames, 2012;and Candal & Glenn, 2012) for their contribution to a widely understudied field, he nevertheless encourages future contributors in research on private Protestant and Catholic schools to consider the larger philosophical, theological, anthropological and metaphysical questions surrounding the motivation for such schools. Additionally, he advises that such a program of research must also contribute to the practical policy and school design implications of the findings of study within and beyond the sector.…”

The Assessment of Faith and Learning

“…There are undoubtedly other survey measures being used by schools but we are limiting this review to the peerreviewed literature. Two of the most well-known, independently validated and publicly reported measures would be the attitudinal scales developed by Leslie Francis (1979) and the Cardus Education Survey (Sikkink, 2012 andNeven Van Pelt et al 2012). Francis has measured the contribution of schools to students' religious, personal and social values in England and Wales over the last 30 years and his research constitutes an impressive body of peer reviewed material (see for example Village and Francis, 2016 The Cardus Education Survey (CES) is a school sector cross-sectional study of the impact of school sector on graduate outcomes.…”