{"id":2595,"date":"2011-06-27T07:02:30","date_gmt":"2011-06-27T14:02:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nicksenger.com\/csc\/?p=2595"},"modified":"2011-06-27T07:02:30","modified_gmt":"2011-06-27T14:02:30","slug":"new-article-explores-the-state-of-catholic-schools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.nicksenger.com\/csc\/new-article-explores-the-state-of-catholic-schools","title":{"rendered":"New Article Explores the State of Catholic Schools"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2598 aligncenter\" title=\"St Jude in China\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nicksenger.com\/csc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/StJude-300x246.jpg\" alt=\"Catholic School Items from China\" width=\"300\" height=\"246\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.nicksenger.com\/csc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/StJude-300x246.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.nicksenger.com\/csc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/StJude.jpg 803w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">&#8220;The Church worldwide is in the midst of a Catholic education boom,&#8221; writes Jeff Ziegler in a new article from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.catholicworldreport.com\/Item\/795\/the_state_of_catholic_schools_in_the_us.aspx\">The Catholic World Report<\/a>. But, he continues, &#8220;In the midst of this Catholic education boom worldwide, the Church in the United States has suffered a dramatic decline in its education apostolate.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Ziegler&#8217;s article offers a fascinating analysis of where Catholic education has been, where it is now, and where it&#8217;s going. A few more quotes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Catholic school culture, in general, is thus strongest near the Ohio River, the central Mississippi River, and parts of the Gulf Coast; it is weakest in portions of Texas, California, and in Alaska.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>&#8220;Despite research that indicates that Hispanic students in Catholic schools are dramatically better prepared academically for postsecondary education and productive careers than Hispanic students in other kinds of schools, only 3 percent of school-aged Hispanic children are enrolled in Catholic schools,&#8221; Marie Powell, executive director of the Secretariat of Catholic Education at the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, told CWR.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>&#8230;the average elementary school tuition [is] now at $3,383 and the average secondary school tuition [is] at $8,182&#8230;.In contrast, the average per-pupil cost for elementary and secondary students at the nation\u2019s public schools is $10,297.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>\u201cWhat is the greatest challenge facing our Catholic schools today? Providing just compensation for our staff while protecting our families,\u201d says Daryl Hagan, superintendent of schools for the Diocese of Evansville.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>The abandonment of the practice of the faith by large numbers of the nation\u2019s Catholics also poses a significant challenge to the future of Catholic schools.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>&#8230;education leaders in the dioceses with the most successful Catholic school programs have repeatedly emphasized the importance of a strong Catholic identity.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>\u201cMore than crucifixes displayed on the walls and students wearing plaid, a Catholic school must invite its students into a deeper relationship with Jesus Christ,\u201d added Dan Peters of the Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>In Wichita, all Catholic primary and secondary schools have been tuition-free for Catholic students since 2002.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It&#8217;s definitely <a href=\"http:\/\/www.catholicworldreport.com\/Item\/795\/the_state_of_catholic_schools_in_the_us.aspx\">worth a read<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;The Church worldwide is in the midst of a Catholic education boom,&#8221; writes Jeff Ziegler in a new article from The Catholic World Report. But, he continues, &#8220;In the midst of this Catholic education boom worldwide, the Church in the United States has suffered a dramatic decline in its education apostolate.&#8221; Ziegler&#8217;s article offers a &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nicksenger.com\/csc\/new-article-explores-the-state-of-catholic-schools\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;New Article Explores the State of Catholic Schools&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[15],"tags":[28],"class_list":["post-2595","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-schools"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/prZ8V-FR","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2328,"url":"http:\/\/www.nicksenger.com\/csc\/bishop-cupich-on-why-catholic-schools","url_meta":{"origin":2595,"position":0},"title":"Bishop Cupich on Why Catholic Schools","author":"Deacon Nick","date":"January 17, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"In the latest issue of my local Catholic newspaper, the Inland Register, Bishop Blase Cupich recently responded to the question \"Why do Catholics have their own schools?\" \"It is a good question,\" he responds. \"The state allocates huge sums of money each year for public education and provides a solid\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"http:\/\/www.nicksenger.com\/csc\/category\/news"},"img":{"alt_text":"Bishop Blase Cupich","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nicksenger.com\/csc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/BishopBlaseCupich.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":3380,"url":"http:\/\/www.nicksenger.com\/csc\/never-ever-ever-ever-bet-against-catholic-education","url_meta":{"origin":2595,"position":1},"title":"&#8220;Never, ever, ever, ever bet against&#8230;Catholic education&#8221;","author":"Deacon Nick","date":"January 24, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"That was the message former Catholic school administrator\u00a0John James gave to an audience at St. Louis University on January 17, 2014: \"Never, ever, ever, ever bet against the Catholic Church or Catholic education. 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