We use data from multiple national surveys to describe trends in private elementary school
enrollment by family income from 1968 to 2013. We find several important trends. First, the …

The timing of individuals' family formation is important for a number of socioeconomic and
health outcomes. We examine the influence of religious schools and home schools on the …

This paper describes how students in an urban Catholic school draw on racial and religious
categories to construct classroom-specific identities during coursework. When students …

This article examines students' literacy practices during Mass and other Catholic religious
services in a multilingual, multiethnic urban Catholic school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It …

Research has not investigated how much of the previously documented positive association
between high school religious service attendance and college grades is mediated by …

Scholars examining the interplay of the global and local in literacy practice have relied on a
variety of tools to understand the implications of larger-scaled histories in moment-by …

Catholic schools have faced enrollment challenges for at least two decades. The staggering
numbers of Catholic school closures should compel all stakeholders to reflect on the …

This research examines the reasons why parent (s)/guardian (s) have chosen to enroll their
child in a Catholic high school in the New Orleans area. Currently enrollment in Catholic …

This year-long interactional ethnography of four first-and second-generation Vietnamese
and Mexican immigrant youth enrolled in an urban Catholic school traced how participants …

In contemporary society, institutions are open to various financial, political, technological
and social challenges. Growing competitive tussles and continuous increase of needs and …