The fall 2013 issue of Catholic Education: A Journal of Inquiry and Practice represents a new phase in the journal’s efforts to support and promote Catholic education. On June 1, 2013, the Loyola Marymount University Center for Catholic Education took over as host of the journal, following a successful five-year run at Boston College’s Roche Center for Catholic Education.
This first issue contains four research articles, a robust focus section with articles drawn from the 2012 Catholic Higher Education Collaborative (CHEC) conference at Marquette University and six reviews of new books on various topics in Catholic education.
In the focus section, Anthony Sabatino, clinical associate professor in the LMU School of Education, Dan Ryan, superintendent of schools for the Diocese of Sioux City, and Regina Haney, executive director of the Department of Boards and Councils at the National Catholic Educational Association, provide a case study of the development of a community of committee-driven school boards in Sioux City, Iowa. Sabatino developed and conducted action research around the support and training provided for board chairs and school administrators.
In the same focus section, Kevin Baxter, superintendent of elementary schools in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles and an adjunct professor in the LMU School of Education, and Frank Montejano, principal of Holy Family School in Los Angeles and an alumnus of LMU’s Doctoral Program in Educational Leadership for Social Justice, provide an overview of the ongoing partnership between the Archdiocese and Loyola Marymount University to improve educational opportunities for students in Catholic schools in Los Angeles. The article discusses the partnership’s key areas of engagement, including research on Catholic schools in the archdiocese, assessment of academic and social-emotional outcomes of students, professional development and preparation of teachers and principals, and long-term strategic planning.
At LMU, the journal is housed in the School of Education’s Center for Catholic Education, which brings together a broad range of programs to advance PreK-12 Catholic education through research, teacher preparation and leadership training, and provide outreach to Catholic schools throughout Southern California and across the country.
In 2010, Boston College transitioned the journal from a print journal to an online, open access format. LMU will continue to publish Catholic Education as an online, open-access journal through the university’s Digital Commons repository. The journal is the most widely distributed peer-reviewed publication on Catholic education in the world, with nearly 30,000 articles downloaded every month. Catholic Education has been a well-respected journal focused on topics relevant to educators, researchers and communities from elementary and secondary education to higher education since 1997.
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