The Street Stops Here

You are cordially invited to the launch of

The Street Stops Here:
A Year at a Catholic High School in Harlem
by
Patrick J. McCloskey

Wednesday, May 20, 2009, 7:00 to 9:00 p.m.
Nicholas Hoare bookstore
419 Sussex Drive
(diagonally across from The National Art Gallery)

The evening will focus on a public conversation about how the lessons of successfully educating disadvantaged and mostly non-Catholic students in Harlem apply to educating at-risk students in Canada.

Anyone who questions the value of a good Catholic school education must read
Patrick J. McCloskey’s “The Street Stops Here”…Mr. McCloskey’s heartfelt eyewitness account of his year at Rice High School is accompanied by keen analysis that echoes the conclusions of academic experts. New York Times

“Powerful, eloquent, candid, McCloskey’s account should be required reading for those who seek to remedy the academic woes of our troubled urban schools.”
Publisher’s Weekly

“[The Street Stops Here]…should be required reading for anyone who is interested in the welfare of our kids.” The Wall Street Journal

“[E]xtraordinary …compelling…. More than in any other book on Catholic education, McCloskey lets us see exactly how dedicated, underpaid educators doing the right thing in the classroom and in an atmosphere of mutual respect and order can transform the lives of at-risk African-American boys.” City Journal

“The real accomplishment of McCloskey’s work, though, is setting forth a primer for urban school districts and raising questions about the sacrifices it takes to turn around struggling institutions… Although not every innovation can be applied at traditional public schools, the book is something educators and education reformers should cling to and study….”
San Francisco Chronicle

“McCloskey undertook a non-ideological inquiry to see what makes one inner-city, underfunded Catholic school successful…The unadorned narrative is convincing in its portrayal of Rice’s mission to put an education, not a creed, into young men’s heads.” Kirkus Reviews

“If President Obama…wants to know “what works for kids,” particularly students on the social margins, he should pick up The Street Stops Here.” Weekly Standard

“McCloskey’s candid and vividly told book…takes us into the no-frills classrooms of Rice High School and shines a bright light onto the world of an all-boys school and urban parochial education.” Columbia Magazine

“Hollywood should grab this plot and ensure Denzel Washington gets the lead role.”
Ottawa Citizen

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