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  2. History of Catholic education in the United States - Wikipedia

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    There was a small Catholic population in the English colonies, chiefly in Maryland. It supported local schools, often under Jesuit auspices. The Oblate Sisters of Providence, the first Black order of nuns, pioneered in educating Black children in the area, founding St. Frances Academy in 1828 (the first and oldest Black Catholic school in the US).

  3. Catholic schools in the United States - Wikipedia

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    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]

  4. Catholic school - Wikipedia

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    The Catholic schools are owned by a proprietor, typically by the diocese bishop. Currently, Catholic schools in New Zealand are termed 'state-integrated schools' for funding purposes, meaning that teachers' salaries, learning materials, and operations of the school (e.g., power and gas) are publicly funded but the school property is not. New ...

  5. 19th-century history of the Catholic Church in the United ...

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    Catholic schools in the United States: An encyclopedia (2 vol, 2004). vol 2 online; Morris, Charles R. American Catholic: The Saints and Sinners Who Built America's Most Powerful Church (1998), popular history; O'Toole, James M. The Faithful: A History of Catholics in America (2008) Thomas, J. Douglas. "A Century of American Catholic History."

  6. Catholic sisters and nuns in the United States - Wikipedia

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    By the 20th century, however, the demands for professionalism in nursing grew stronger; many Catholic hospitals opened nursing schools, and the students did much of the routine nursing care for patients. In 1948 the Conference of Catholic Schools of Nursing was formed to promote college education for the nursing sisters.

  7. Category:Catholic schools in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Catholic schools in the United States by state or territory‎ (28 C) Defunct Catholic schools in the United States ‎ (3 C, 18 P) Lists of Catholic schools in the United States ‎ (2 C, 30 P)

  8. 20th-century history of the Catholic Church in the United ...

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    The Education of an urban Minority: Catholics in Chicago, 1833–1965 (1977), on Catholic schools; Schroth, Raymond A. The American Jesuits: A History (2007). Walch, Timothy. Parish School: American Catholic Parochial Education from Colonial Times to the Present (1996).

  9. List of Catholic universities and colleges in the United ...

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    Benedictine College School of Engineering (Atchison, Kansas) Catholic University School of Engineering (Washington, D.C.) Christian Brothers University School of Engineering (Memphis, Tennessee) Fairfield University School of Engineering (Fairfield, Connecticut) Gannon University College of Engineering and Business (Erie, Pennsylvania)