Catholic schools are losing students at record rates, and hundreds are closing
May 17, 2021
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CWN Editor's Note: “At least 209 of the country’s nearly 6,000 Catholic schools have closed over the past year,” according to the report. “Nationwide, Catholic school enrollment fell 6.4% at the start of this school year, the largest single-year decline since the NCEA [National Catholic Educational Association] began tracking such data in the 1970s.”
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Posted by: Randal Mandock -
May. 18, 2021 10:52 AM ET USA
Taking Pope Benedict's New Evangelization seriously could radically turn these dismal figures around. Excellence and relevance are two important themes that ought to be stressed in Catholic school systems. A true and sensed Catholic culture ought to be fostered on Catholic school campuses. Catholic schools ought to distinguish themselves in meaningful ways from their secular and private school counterparts. Ingenuity and outreach are approaches that have proven to bear fruit in Catholic educatio
