search for books and compare prices
catholic high schools united states history matches 2 work(s)
displaying 1 to 2 | at end
show results in order: alphabetically | oldest to newest | newest to oldest
Cover for 9780199796656 Cover for 9780674103108 Cover for 9780674103115
cover image for 9780199796656
Product Description: Catholic high schools in the United States have been undergoing three major changes: the shift to primarily lay leadership and teachers; the transition to a more consumerist and pluralist culture; and the increasing diversity of students attending Catholic high schools...read more

Hardcover:

9780199796656 | Oxford Univ Pr, November 17, 2011, cover price $28.95 | About this edition: Catholic high schools in the United States have been undergoing three major changes: the shift to primarily lay leadership and teachers; the transition to a more consumerist and pluralist culture; and the increasing diversity of students attending Catholic high schools.

cover image for 9780674103115
The authors examine a broad range of Catholic high schools to determine whether or not students are better educated in these schools than they are in public schools. They find that the Catholic schools do have an independent effect on achievement, especially in reducing disparities between disadvantaged and privileged students. The Catholic school of today, they show, is informed by a vision, similar to that of John Dewey, of the school as a community committed to democratic education and the common good of all students. (view table of contents)

Hardcover:

9780674103108 | Harvard Univ Pr, May 1, 1993, cover price $55.00 | About this edition: The authors examine a broad range of Catholic high schools to determine whether or not students are better educated in these schools than they are in public schools.

Paperback:

9780674103115 | Reissue edition (Harvard Univ Pr, March 15, 1995), cover price $50.50

displaying 1 to 2 | at end