Catholic schools aim to educate the whole person. Beyond strong academics, they aim to educate toward fraternal humanism. Do we have any evidence that they succeed? This webinar will explore this question using recent research for the United States, including a set of papers prepared for a special issue of the Journal of Catholic Education. Topics to be considered include: (1) whether parents sending children to Catholic schools have different priorities for what children should learn in school than other parents; (2) whether students in Catholic schools exhibit self-discipline; (3) whether different stakeholders have different worldviews for Catholic schools; (4) whether there is less violence in Catholic schools than in other schools; (5) whether going to Catholic schools is associated with particular patterns of family formation later in life; and (6) more generally, what is meant by a Catholic school identity. After a presentation summarizing findings from recent research, panelists will share their views on how Catholic schools could rely on these and other research findings to improve the education they provide "beyond test scores".

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