Mary Rose Rybak: Keeping the Faith in Faith-Based Schools
Keeping the Faith in Faith-Based Schools
First Things, Mary Rose Rybak, 08.18.2008
It’s common to assert that faith-based schools are more successful than public schools—at least, in inner cities—in educating students. Sure, their teachers get paid less and often have fewer credentials, and they receive much less federal funding. So what is it that has apparently made faith-based education better? When I asked a former president of the National Catholic Education Association, it took several minutes before the notion arose: “There may be something about the fact that faith-based schools are,” he paused, “faith-based.”