Archdiocese of New York will let nonprofit run six struggling Catholic schools

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I don’t mind them doing this so long as they are required to abide by Catholic teaching.
 
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I don’t mind them doing this so long as they are required to abide by Catholic teaching.
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Is that even possible when a private group with their own agenda gets involved? Facebook Mark Zuckerberg gave $100 million to fix NJ schools and I am sure that a great deal of money comes from Foundations like Ford. Just look at PBS grants.I always thought vouchers would be a good idea but when I see what is happening in Canada I no longer think so.

This article features a priest which looks great but then reads…
The Partnership for Inner-City Education — which has a history of working with city Catholic schools — is contracting with the archdiocese to manage the finances and **oversee the academic curriculums **of the schools in the Bronx and Harlem starting this fall…
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A great deal can be done with curriculums in English, history and science.

nydailynews.com/new-york/education/diocese-avoids-closing-catholic-schools-turns-nonprofit-article-1.1408302
 
gam197 said:
Is that even possible when a private group with their own agenda gets involved? Facebook Mark Zuckerberg gave $100 million to fix NJ schools and I am sure that a great deal of money comes from Foundations like Ford. Just look at PBS grants.I always thought vouchers would be a good idea but when I see what is happening in Canada I no longer think so.

This article features a priest which looks great but then reads…

A great deal can be done with curriculums in English, history and science.

nydailynews.com/new-york/education/diocese-avoids-closing-catholic-schools-turns-nonprofit-article-1.1408302
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It depends on the arrangement. I doubt the Arcdiocese would surrender total control of the school such that they no longer had any say in the school’s Catholic identity. If even a casual glance at this news article raises those red flags for us, I’m sure that those in charge of the whole thing knew what questions to ask and knew how to properly craft the agreement.

Not that I know for sure. But I’m giving them the benefit of the doubt that they know what they’re doing. 🙂
 
Joe_5859 said:
It depends on the arrangement. I doubt the Arcdiocese would surrender total control of the school such that they no longer had any say in the school’s Catholic identity. If even a casual glance at this news article raises those red flags for us, I’m sure that those in charge of the whole thing knew what questions to ask and knew how to properly craft the agreement.

Not that I know for sure. But I’m giving them the benefit of the doubt that they know what they’re doing. 🙂
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The article says the Church will keep control of the religious program.

That seems to be their main focus. They may feel that this is the best they can do but sometimes letting children go to public schools and then getting them into catholic religious programs after school may be a better solution. Many parents already know that public schools don’t teach from a catholic perspective. I hope this is not the new direction for catholic schools.
 
gam197 said:
The article says the Church will keep control of the religious program.

That seems to be their main focus. They may feel that this is the best they can do but sometimes letting children go to public schools and then getting them into catholic religious programs after school may be a better solution. Many parents already know that public schools don’t teach from a catholic perspective. I hope this is not the new direction for catholic schools.
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Certainly, that has been a shortcoming in Catholic education in recent years when people view them primarily as regular schools + religion class. With all of the recent documents coming out of the Vatican on Catholic education, I think most anyone working in this field at the diocesan level would be well aware of the need to incorporate Catholic identity into the whole package rather than just one area (i.e. religion class).

That might just be a charitable assumption on my part. I could be wrong. But I hope I’m not.
 
Joe_5859 said:
Certainly, that has been a shortcoming in Catholic education in recent years when people view them primarily as regular schools + religion class. With all of the recent documents coming out of the Vatican on Catholic education, I think most anyone working in this field at the diocesan level would be well aware of the need to incorporate Catholic identity into the whole package rather than just one area (i.e. religion class).

That might just be a charitable assumption on my part. I could be wrong. But I hope I’m not.
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I hope you are right. Most of the teachers are lay teachers so I guess it depends on the hiring and how much the Archdiocese is allowed to influence.

When posting, I was just thinking of Bishop Fulton Sheen and was looking for the source.
I have listened to this tape but unsure of exact words.

“If you want your kids to defend their Faith send them to a public school, if you want them to lose their Faith send them to a Catholic School.”
– Archbishop Fulton Sheen
 
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