Comments on: Catholic Schools And Fordham’s Good… http://www.eduwonk.com/2008/04/catholic-schools-and-fordhams-good.html Education News, Analysis, and Commentary Fri, 19 Mar 2010 18:49:55 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: Saving Catholic Schools at The Core Knowledge Blog http://www.eduwonk.com/2008/04/catholic-schools-and-fordhams-good.html/comment-page-1#comment-70856 Saving Catholic Schools at The Core Knowledge Blog Wed, 22 Apr 2009 00:28:20 +0000 http://www.eduwonk.com/wordpress/2008/04/catholic-schools-and-fordhams-good.html#comment-70856 [...] just in:  Eduwonk likes Catholic schools “but remains unpersuaded on the need for a public bailout of Catholic schools absent a lot of reciprocal accountability and [...] [...] just in:  Eduwonk likes Catholic schools “but remains unpersuaded on the need for a public bailout of Catholic schools absent a lot of reciprocal accountability and [...]

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.eduwonk.com/2008/04/catholic-schools-and-fordhams-good.html/comment-page-1#comment-676 Anonymous Wed, 30 Apr 2008 16:54:00 +0000 http://www.eduwonk.com/wordpress/2008/04/catholic-schools-and-fordhams-good.html#comment-676 Andy-<br/><br/>No one is talking about a "public bail-out." What people have been talking about is ending the discrimination in funding.<br/><br/>Even here in Arizona, where more steps have been taken to ensure parental choice than most anywhere else, taxpayers shell out an average of $8,500 if you go to a district school, $7,600 if you go to a charter school. If you attend a Catholic school, you MIGHT receive some tax credit aid of around $2,000.<br/><br/>Even with this limited aid, Arizona's Catholic schools are thriving while they are in deep decline elsewhere. However, I'd love to see someone convince me that the public interest is four times better served by a kid attending a public school than a Catholic school.<br/><br/>We have a public school system that fails to teach 44% of 4th graders to read, according to the NAEP. Where is the reciprocal obligation in that?<br/><br/>Matthew Ladner Andy-

No one is talking about a “public bail-out.” What people have been talking about is ending the discrimination in funding.

Even here in Arizona, where more steps have been taken to ensure parental choice than most anywhere else, taxpayers shell out an average of $8,500 if you go to a district school, $7,600 if you go to a charter school. If you attend a Catholic school, you MIGHT receive some tax credit aid of around $2,000.

Even with this limited aid, Arizona’s Catholic schools are thriving while they are in deep decline elsewhere. However, I’d love to see someone convince me that the public interest is four times better served by a kid attending a public school than a Catholic school.

We have a public school system that fails to teach 44% of 4th graders to read, according to the NAEP. Where is the reciprocal obligation in that?

Matthew Ladner

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