Description:
This empirical study compares different school sectors--public, private religious, and private nonreligious--on issues such as school organization, governance, curriculum, and pedagogy in U.S. elementary and secondary schools.
Brief description:
Maureen T. Hallinan (1940-2014) was the founding director of the University of Notre Dame's Institute for Educational Initiatives and the Center for Research on Educational Opportunity. A celebrated teacher and colleague, Hallinan was the author of more than 120 articles in professional journals and the editor of eight books. Elizabeth Covay Minor is the director of Educational Leadership Studies and associate professor at National Louis University. She is the author of multiple articles and serves as a co-editor for i.e.: inquiry.
Review Quotes:
"Empirical research on student performance in the public, private, and private religious school sectors in the United States." --The Chronicle of Higher Education