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The Catholic school system in the United States; its principles, origin, and establishment (1908), down to 1840 online. Burns, J. A. The growth and development of the Catholic school system in the United States (1912), from 1840 to 1911. online; Cassidy, Francis P. "Catholic Education in the Third Plenary Council of Baltimore. I."
Since 2000, 1,942 Catholic schools around the country have shut their doors, and enrollment has dropped by 621,583 students, to just over 2 million in 2012, according to the National Catholic Educational Association. Many Catholic schools are being squeezed out of the education market by financial issues and publicly funded charter schools. [13]
By 1870, 19 percent of the city's children were attending Catholic schools. [8] [9] In other cities as well Catholic parochial schools began as a reaction against a growing publicly funded school system that was essentially Protestant. In 1839 and 1840, the American Bible Society pledged that "the Bible would be read in every classroom in the ...
During the first (1750–1870), parochial schools appeared as ad hoc efforts by parishes, and most Catholic children attended public schools. During the second period (1870–1910), the Catholic hierarchy made a basic commitment to a separate Catholic school system.
Catholic schools are the largest group of non-government schools in Australia accounting for some 18% of institutions (1,738 of 9,414 as of 2016), compared to 11% for independent schools (1042). [35] Catholic schools are those run by the diocesan Catholic Department of Education; some independent schools are owned and run by Catholic religious ...
This was the first congregation of religious sisters founded in the United States, and its school was the first free Catholic school in America. This modest beginning marked the start of the Catholic parochial school system in the United States. [11] Seton's congregation was initially called the Sisters of Charity of St. Joseph's.
The 630 Catholic hospitals in the U.S. have a combined budget of $101.7 billion, and employ 641,030 full-time equivalent staff. [88] The 6,525 Catholic primary and secondary schools in the U.S. employ 151,101 full-time equivalent staff, 97.2% of whom are lay and 2.3% are consecrated, and 0.5% are ordained. [89]
At the outset of the 2020/21 academic year, the archdiocese ran 160 elementary schools and three high schools. An additional eight Catholic elementary schools and 28 Catholic high schools that are not archdiocesan-run are located within the Archdiocese of Chicago. [3] As of 2015, the Superintendent of Catholic Schools is Jim Rigg, Ph.D. [1]