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Is there research showing that graduates of Catholic schools are less educated in core academic subjects, are less likely to attend college, less likely to get

Is there research showing that graduates of Catholic schools are less educated in core academic subjects, are less likely to attend college, less likely to get a good job, or more likely to break the law? Those are the main outcomes the public cares about. In the absence of evidence that Catholic schools are underperforming, the state should not try to usurp the choices of parents.

hourislate 7y ago
From what I understand the Catholic schools in Ontario outperform the public schools.That's why so many non-Catholics attend them.
- baroffoos 7y ago
  I'll share my anecdote from attending a private catholic school. From the reasons I have heard from my parents and others is that the catholic private schools tend to be higher quality than the public schools without being outrageously expensive like the non religious private schools. I don't remember seeing any student at the school who was actually religious, they were all there for the perceived better education. The only part that I saw was lacking was sexual education was non existent outside of one lecture about the different kinds of stds and how there is no way to prevent getting them other than to not have sex. The science education was still up to scratch however.
ajhurliman 7y ago
Would you be this open to religiously themed education if there were numbers that pointed to Islam-based schools leading to better jobs? Or if someone came up with an atheist school that went out of its way to deny any deities and they outperformed the Catholic schools? Should we shut down the Catholic schools and just follow the numbers? I guess my point is that most people don't want the federal government advancing any religions that aren't their own (and for whatever reason people are pretty relaxed about this concern when it comes to their own religion).
- Bostonian 7y ago
  As long as the school teachers secular subjects well, I am ok with it having a religious orientation, whether its Christian, Jewish, Muslim, or something else.
jsf 7y ago
Just to be clear this is specifically about publicly (i.e. by the government) funded Catholic schools in Ontario.

hourislate 7y ago

From what I understand the Catholic schools in Ontario outperform the public schools.That's why so many non-Catholics attend them.

baroffoos 7y ago
I'll share my anecdote from attending a private catholic school. From the reasons I have heard from my parents and others is that the catholic private schools tend to be higher quality than the public schools without being outrageously expensive like the non religious private schools. I don't remember seeing any student at the school who was actually religious, they were all there for the perceived better education. The only part that I saw was lacking was sexual education was non existent outside of one lecture about the different kinds of stds and how there is no way to prevent getting them other than to not have sex. The science education was still up to scratch however.

ajhurliman 7y ago

Would you be this open to religiously themed education if there were numbers that pointed to Islam-based schools leading to better jobs? Or if someone came up with an atheist school that went out of its way to deny any deities and they outperformed the Catholic schools? Should we shut down the Catholic schools and just follow the numbers? I guess my point is that most people don't want the federal government advancing any religions that aren't their own (and for whatever reason people are pretty relaxed about this concern when it comes to their own religion).

Bostonian 7y ago
As long as the school teachers secular subjects well, I am ok with it having a religious orientation, whether its Christian, Jewish, Muslim, or something else.

jsf 7y ago

Just to be clear this is specifically about publicly (i.e. by the government) funded Catholic schools in Ontario.