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Students at Precious Blood School, located a few miles west of downtown Los Angeles. Precious Blood is one of three new inner-city "microschools" trying a fresh approach to Catholic education. / Photo by Victor Alemán/Angelus NewsLos Angeles, Calif., Feb 26, 2023 / 06:00 am (CNA).When Maria Guillermo first heard about the plan to turn Precious Blood School into a "microschool," with enrollment capped at around 100, she worried that it was the school s last gasp and that her daughters learning might be impeded by having two grades share a classroom."But I think it s benefitted them," she said two years later. Not only do the students have better relationships in their multiage classrooms, but the teachers "tailor the classroom instruction to each individual student."The Microschools Network was the inspiration of school officials in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles who saw the children of celebrities paying high prices to send their children to ve
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null / Stephen Kiers/ShutterstockBoston, Mass., Feb 17, 2023 / 13:15 pm (CNA).The Archdiocese of New York announced Wednesday that 12 of its schools will close at the end of the 2022-2023 school year, citing "detrimental" financial instability "due to shifting demographics and lower enrollment made worse by the pandemic.""It is never a good day when we announce closures to any of our beloved schools, but the goal is always to strengthen the remaining institutions and preserve Catholic education in New York for decades to come," Cardinal Timothy Dolan, archbishop of New York, said in a Feb. 15 press release.In addition to the school s closures, four additional schools will merge into two. The archdiocese also announced that three schools will eliminate their sixth through eighth grades."We are doing everything we can to minimize the impact this will have on families and will provide both educational guidance and pastoral support to all those affected t