It will be interesting to see if the Catholic school model can be successfully transferred to a secular school.
I don't see why it couldn't be.
how many of the students attending here are illegal aliens, or anchor babies who should be illegal aliens?
One of my kids is in Catholic school- I don’t see how a “secular school” can function the same. Cathholic schools have a moral compass that points to God. Secular schools have moral relativist compasses that swing wherever the holder wishes it to swing.
The only model for kids born to illiterate teenage girls who are in their 3rd, 4th, 5th or 6th generation in the DC projects that MIGHT work as well as a faith based curriculum- would be a military style school that requires discipline and self control. Those traits are anathema to the adminstrators who have risen to the top of the PhD education dung heap by pumping the victimization culture.
Moral relativism is already available for free in the public schools.
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Am I correct that most of the students attending these schools were not Catholic. Their parents did not have any interest in learning more about the Catholic Church or join the religion. Few of the students joined the Catholic Church upon graduation.
It is far better for the Catholic Church to use its scarce funds to give **Catholic** children a thoroughly Catholic education.
A Christian parent's **most** important mission field is his own children. Next is the mission field of children of the congregation.
Hopefully we will see more congregations like Wichita, Kansas, where **all** Catholic children have access to tuition **FREE** Catholic schools.
Finally, the children attending the Catholic charters will still receive much of the same excellent teaching and values.