Catholic Schools and Freedman’s Good

Important Sam Freedman NYT column about the financial woes of Catholic schools with multiple implications. Here’s one. As these schools contract it raises even more questions about the efficacy of vouchers as a way to increase the number of seats in high quality schools for disadvantaged students. Here’s another. Catholic schools and traditional public schools are losing some students to the same places — public charter schools. Here’s one more. These schools do work really well for some kids so no one should wish for their demise.