Choosing a Side

What does the pro side say/think/believe?
- Increase Achievement
- Care for the whole student
o Including moral, religious and physical aspects in addition to intellectual needs
- Higher achievement of standardized tests
- Spend less money per student
- Effective for those in poor public school systems, such as in inner-cities
- Parish is often community centered

What does the con side say/think/believe?
- Select superior students
- Facing financial distress as employment of nuns decreases
- Enrollment is decreasing exponentially
- Many middle and lower class families can no longer afford tuition
- Significant negative effects on high school drop out

I will be arguing on behalf of Parish schools. There is significantly more support for Catholic schools. Their positive effects on students are evident in several areas. Students enrolled in private catholic schools are taught in a wholesome matter, addressing not only academics but also moral and religious aspects. In addition, these students score higher on standardized tests. Therefore, I feel that these parish schools are a benefit to both catholic and non-catholic communities.

Up and Running

This issue concerns the efficiency of religiously affiliated schools and their benefits to society. Despite the continual arousal of debates between the benefits of public education compared to that of private Catholic schools, the majority of research indicates that the education provided by these private catholic schools is much more thorough. In addition, due to the employment of nuns as teachers the costs per each student were lower than those of the public school systems.
However, more recently Catholic school enrollment has dropped and countless schools have been closing due to bankruptcy, yet these schools continue to provide great service to the students and community.

Therefore, by researching this topic I have decided to focus my research paper on the efficiency of religiously affiliated schools. I have always been extremely interested in religion and how religion affects various aspects of one’s life. Therefore, I felt that this topic would be of great interest to me.