This book helps to advance the ongoing renewal and revitalization of Catholic schools in the U.S. through a careful study of some primary stakeholders-the pastors of parishes with schools. A part of the University of Notre Dame's Alliance for Catholic Education (ACE) efforts, this study advances the educational mission of the Church by helping to sustain, strengthen, and transform Catholic schools.

Research, Action, and Change offers an introduction to action research in Catholic schools through the specific lens of community and spirituality and provides eight original action research studies conducted by leaders in Catholic schools. Studies include action research on literacy practices of high school students, differentiated instruction and the introduction of an ELL program in elementary schools, the introduction of an advisory program for at-risk high schools students, accessing federal IDEA funds, and more.

This edition highlights topics including action research on literacy practices of Catholic high school students, differentiated instruction and the introduction of an ELL program in elementary schools, the introduction of an advisory program for at-risk high schools students, and accessing federal IDEA funds.

Deepen your knowledge of Church teachings on Catholic education and foster personal prayer and reflection. Quotations from Church documents provide fertile ground for reflections, contemplative questions, and original prayers contributed by teachers and administrators in Catholic schools.

The authors offer the textbook for conducting and preparing an action research study and report in the Catholic school context.

Monograph examining ten archdioceses and dioceses in the U.S. that experienced a significant number of Catholic school closures between 1965 and 2010. Study focuses on the current uses of closed Catholic school facilities and provides best practices for archdioceses and dioceses in managing these facilities going forward.

Catholic elementary school principals, speaking out in a major nationwide survey, report faithful commitments alongside acute challenges in the operation of their schools, and they identify financial management, marketing, Catholic identity, enrollment management and long-range planning as their schools' top five areas of need. The study, completed by the University of Notre Dame's Alliance for Catholic Education and its Mary Ann Remick Leadership Program, is a rare, comprehensive glimpse of these principals' views on what they need in order to do their jobs better and how they describe the...

Catholic elementary school principals, speaking out in a major nationwide survey, report faithful commitments alongside acute challenges in the operation of their schools, and they identify financial management, marketing, Catholic identity, enrollment management and long-range planning as their schools' top five areas of need. The study, completed by the University of Notre Dame's Alliance for Catholic Education and its Mary Ann Remick Leadership Program, is a rare, comprehensive glimpse of these principals' views on what they need in order to do their jobs better and how they describe the...