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ERIC EJ914882: Making the Grade in Memphis |
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Catholic schools achieved the greatest social |
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transformation in American history, pulling impoverished |
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Irish immigrants out of the underclass and into the |
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working and middle classes, writes Patrick McCloskey, |
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author of The Street Stops Here--an account of a year in |
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the life of a Catholic school in Harlem. These schools |
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now provide a lifeline for disadvantaged, non-Catholic |
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minorities in urban America, boosting graduation and |
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college acceptance rates, and outperforming many |
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equivalent public schools. But they are also disappearing |
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from the very neighborhoods that need them most. |
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McCloskey reports on how one diocese has bucked the |
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trend, what it means to one family, and what it could |
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mean for America. (Contains 14 footnotes.) |
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Date Published: 2018-09-30 13:17:47 |
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Identifier: ERIC_EJ914882 |
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Item Size: 14686509 |
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Language: english |
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Media Type: texts |
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