Volume 1, Number 4
June 1998
Table of Contents
Editors' Comments (p. 363)
William F. Losito, Joseph F. Rogus
Articles
U.S. Catholic Schools and the Religious Who Served in Them: Contributions in the 18th and
19th Centuries
Richard M. Jacobs, OSA
Villanova University
(pp. 364-383)
This article, the first in a series of three articles surveying the contributions of the religious to U.S. Catholic schooling, focuses upon their contributions during the 18th and 19th centuries.
Sr. Lucille Kalinowski: A Spiritual Biography
Ann Meese
Immaculate Conception Grade School
(pp. 384-387)
The author, a principal in the diocese in which Sr. Lucille Kalinowski served as superintendent, reflects on Sister’s spirituality, sensitivity, and simplicity along with her impact on the administrators with whom she worked.
Catholic School Faculty as an Adult Learning Community: A Model for Children
Catherine Eggleston Hackney
Kent State University
(pp. 388-399)
Educational leaders have historically expressed belief in the importance of teacher development. They have, however, largely failed to view professional development activity as a process that lies at the very heart of efforts to create a community of learners. This article reviews the author’s experiences with a Catholic elementary school faculty as that faculty journeyed toward becoming a learning community characterized by sustained inquiry, collective problem solving, and shared decision making. Implications for practice are considered.
Choice and Schools: An Analysis of Free Market Financing and Educational Values
Joseph Watras & Edward St. John
University of Dayton & Indiana University
(pp. 400-413)
In the public policy discourse about vouchers, many Catholic school advocates have been aligned with the new conservative critics of public schools. A review of the Dayton, Ohio, area Catholic schools reveals that need-based student subsidies, which are a variation on vouchers, might reverse the declining urban enrollment in Catholic schools and continue their tradition of educating poor and disadvantaged students. However, the case suggests that choice schemes can alter the educational aims of schools in unexpected ways.
Clouded Horizons: Catholic Higher Education in the Coming Decade
Martin F. Larrey
Marymount University
(pp. 414-426)
Catholic institutions of higher education in the United States are increasingly finding themselves at risk concerning their survival because of potential threats in five principal areas: 1) changing delivery systems, 2) a failure of management, 3) Catholic identity and religious affiliation, 4) competitive price structures, and 5) the volatility of enrollment. Yet there is no remorseless law of entropy to which Catholic colleges and universities are inexorably bound. There are many choices facing us, some better than others, and only a few really bad. Two of the latter are: to do nothing or, worse, to continue to do things the way we have been doing them. This essay suggests lines of approach that, taken together, offer hope for escape from the present situation and point to long term success.
The History and Future of Private Education in the United States
Charles L. Glenn
Boston University
(pp. 427-444)
In the early Republic, no simple distinction between public and private schools existed. With the advent of the common school, a system of government-sponsored schools emerged. Hostility to nonpublic schools, especially Catholic ones, developed because of the fear that they would undermine the foundation of civil and political order. This hostility has historically been expressed through regulation and denial of funding. Currently, private schools are experiencing a more favorable public attitude because of a widespread disillusionment with public schools. The future of private schools depends on how faithfully they express a distinctive and worthy character to their institutions.
Focus Section
A Sabbatical View of Educational Technology
Margaret E. Curran
Annunciation Catholic Academy
(pp. 445-456)
Catholic schools throughout the country are actively engaged in the process of integrating technology into their schools. A wide range of programs exists, and those programs are at various stages of development. The author visited a sample of schools that have a strong technology emphasis and identifies key elements within those programs. A review of those elements can be helpful in creating new programs.
New Paradigms and Unchanging Purposes of Catholic Schools:
A Response to Sr. Angela Ann Zukowski
Mary Catherine Antczak, OP
(pp. 457-463)
Sr. Antczak responds to Sr. Angela Ann Zukowski’s article, “New Learning Paradigms for Catholic Education,” which appeared in the first issue of the Journal. The author questions Sr. Zukowski’s call for a new paradigm shift in Catholic education, raises questions about the impact of such a shift on the purposes of Catholic schooling, and considers the potential of the New Frontiers criteria for assessing the application of new technologies.
Review of Research
Private Schools: Partners in American Education –
Overview and Directions for Further Research
Thomas C. Hunt & Joseph M. O’Keefe, SJ
(pp. 464-469)
Book Reviews
Religion and Schooling in Contemporary Amerioca: Confronting Our Cultural Pluralism
(pp. 471-472)
Edited by Thomas C. Hunt & James C. Carper
Reviewed by Gerald M. Cattaro
The Catholic Ethic in American Society: An Exploration of Values (pp. 473-474)
By John E. Tropman
Reviewed by Michael D. Kurimay, SJ
Catholic Education: Homeward Bound (pp. 475-477)
By Kimberly Hahn & Mary Hasson
Reviewed by Gini Shimabukuro