Paradoxically, because Catholic schools did not abandon education in urban society, the recent Supreme Court ruling on vouchers awakens interest in one of our nation’s best-kept urban secrets. Using the voucher case Zelman v. Simmons-Harris as a departure point, this article considers the past and current status of urban Catholic schools. The author appeals to the common good, to a common understanding, and to the common discourse in directing the United States’s struggle to meet the needs of a diverse and pluralistic society.
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