Solving the Catholic School Crisis

"Nearly 1 in 5 Catholic schools in the U.S. have closed their doors this decade. . .Many Catholic schools, however, are following in the steps of their public brethren and trying to survive by changing the way do business. Mandating that students work to pay off tuition, forging partnerships with philanthropists and foundations, converting to charter schools, and taking control away from pastors and putting it in the hands of lay experts — these are just some of the ways in which dioceses (essentially a Church district) are hoping to stem the school closure tide, which has reached worrisome proportions in America's urban areas, where close to half of all parochial schools are located."