School choice can revive New York’s Catholic schools. Florida is proof.
In the past 10 years NY enrollment in catholic schools dropped 31%, in Florida it grew 12%. This isn’t just tragic for Catholics. This is tragic for New York.
Lauren May and I have a new op-ed for NY Post on the lessons from the new Catholic School Brief 2025.
“Over the past decade, no state in the country has been a bigger poster child for the decline of America’s Catholic schools than New York. And no state has offered more hope about the reversibility of that tragic trend line than Florida.
From 2015 to 2025, enrollment in the nation’s Catholic schools fell another 13%, per a report to be released Wednesday by Florida nonprofit Step Up For Students.
New York led the way, with a 31% drop.
In Florida, though, enrollment grew — by 12%. In fact, Florida is the only US state in the top 10 of Catholic-school enrollment to see any growth in that span.
The big reason: school choice.”
What I am reading this week
CUNY Labor School honcho spreads ‘antisemitic’ conspiracy and lies about Gaza war: critics (NY Post)
What’s behind the Southern Surge? (Flypaper)
Philadelphia Board of Education approves city’s first new charter school since 2018 (Chalkbeat)
Why Does Trump Keep Saying Harvard Teaches Remedial Math? (WSJ)
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