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St. Mary's Academy Students (New Orleans, 1937)

Education and Social Mobility Study: Historical Impact of Catholic School in the African Diaspora

Faith-based Education in Changing Social, Economic, and Political Contexts: Kenyan Catholic Education

Comparative Analysis of Education Policy: The Crossing Vectors of Funding and Autonomy

Notre Dame Law Professor Nicole Garnett is conducting a cross country legal analysis to explore the diverse legal policy environments in which Catholic schools operate, since legal rules shape in important ways how Catholic schools operate, whom they serve, and even what they are.

Chile’s ‘Machuca’ Students: Long-term Effects of Social Integration in Elite Schools

Improving equity within the Chilean educational system has been a central policy debate over the last 15 years. An emergent proposed reform in this vein has been nicknamed La Ley Machuca (“The Machuca Law”), a policy that would mandate that elite, private (i.e.