This Memorial Day Weekend also brought a great piece in the Washington Post about the Washington Middle School for Girls.
You won't see metal detectors or security officers at either campus of the Washington Middle School for Girls. Instead, you'll find parents clamoring to get their kids into the school.The parents look beyond the physical setting to what happens in these classrooms, which is nothing less than the transformation of the same kind of children who drift through the city's public schools and emerge, on average, less likely to succeed than when they entered.
Left unsaid is that this thriving Catholic school is part of the NativityMiguel Network, which is the KIPP of the Catholic school world. Its 64 middle schools nationwide are proving that the decline of Catholic schooling isn't inevitable and that a traditional, faith-inspired education can still work miracles. Read our recent report on Catholic schools to learn more.
