Detroit, Mich., Nov 15, 2007 / 09:35 am
New research indicates that the expansion of charter schools can have a negative impact on the presence of Catholic education in the inner city.
According to the Goldwater Institute's Dr. Michael Ladner, a RAND Corporation study focusing on the impact of charter schools in Michigan found that private schools, on a student for student basis, faced more competition from charter schools than from public schools.
Ronald Nuzzi, director of the Alliance for Catholic Education Leadership Program at the University of Notre Dame, claimed that charter schools are "one of the biggest threats to Catholic schools in the inner city, hands down."
"How do you compete with an alternative that doesn’t cost anything?” he asked.