Catholic schools’ enrollment has been declining since the 1960s. COVID changed this with an influx of students. The next few years might also be another phase of growth. Demand for Catholic schools has been increasing even in states with no school choice program and with declining population - NY is a big outlier.
Read more about it in my article for City Journal Substack:
50 Practical Ideas to Renew NYC’s Promise of Opportunity
My colleagues John Ketcham and Sean Speer released a report with 50 concrete recommendations on how to improve NYC. It’s worth reading, and it includes a few suggestions for improving our public schools.
What I am reading
I am reading with my son Mind vs. Machine: The Chess Match That Changed the World, a graphic novel about Garry Kasparov’s games against IBM’s computer called Deep Blue. It is a fun book and it made me an even bigger admirer of Kasparov. My kids were never into chess, but he enjoyed the book.
New York’s union-loving Board of Regents is wrecking our schools — let’s scrap it (NY Post)
After being booed at integration forum, NYC chancellor praised by school parent leaders (Gothamist)
Trust the School Choice Market, Not Its Regulators (Education Week)
The Children Saved by Flock (City Journal)
Correcting Incentives Can Restore School Order (City Journal)
LAUSD’s insane priorities: Lavish union deals, fewer school cops and bullies running wild (NY Post)
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