Preface

Prologue

CONTEXT
The Tradition of Catholic Schools
Research Past and Present

INSTITUTIONAL ANALYSIS
Classroom Life
Curriculum and Academic Organization
Communal Organization
Governance

DIVERSITY AMONG CATHOLIC SCHOOLS
The Transition to High School
Variations in Internal Operations
Single-Sex versus Coeducational Schools

EFFECTS
The Impact of Academic Organization
The Impact of Communal Organization

IMPLICATIONS
Catholic Lessons for America's Schools
Epilogue: The Future of Catholic High Schools

Notes
References
Index

Anthony S. Bryk is Professor of Education at the University of Chicago.

Valerie E. Lee is Associate Professor of Education at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor.

Peter B. Holland is Superintendent of the Belmont school system, Belmont, Massachusetts.