In the United States the National Catholic Educational Association reported a 14 per cent decline in enrolment in Catholic schools in the period covering the academic years of 2014 to 2024. Lately it has proven more stable with even a very modest increase.
Either way, when I read data such as this I can’t help but ask myself, who is looking at this? Are there parents out there basing their child’s education on national averages? Or are there schools making decisions based on national research?
A school that is altering it’s strategy from such broad findings seems like an institution that has seriously lost touch with the community it was established to serve. But I don’t run a school, so I’ll refrain from making any further uneducated comments about the education system.
