QOTD:

"Our greatest opportunity for service to the city and its people is to strengthen our inner-city Catholic schools. They offer a first-class education for both Catholics and non-Catholics and serve as anchors within their neighborhoods. We now seek support to help us do an even better job of preparing Chicago's young men and women for a productive future."
- Cardinal Bernadin, circa 1985 in his introduction of the Big Shoulders Fund



I'm part of the Big Shoulders Fund mafia... well, sort of. I'm a donor.
It's a great idea as a surrogate to school choice and is well organized:
  • Small, decentralized approach
  • Endowment pays for administration... donor money goes straight to schools
  • Donors work directly with schools
My favorite school is St Ethelreda School on the south side.
eagle pride... yow, bill

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