More than a Dream
More than a Dream: How One School's Vision is Changing the World, written from the perspective of an insider, details the birth, growing pains and success of Cristo Rey, a Catholic high school created especially for poor urban youth in inner city Chicago.
G.R. Kearney’s telling of the Cristo Rey story is fair and complete. Creating a new model for an urban high school is difficult at best and while perhaps not changing the world as the subtitle suggests, this new approach is changing lives of students and the minds of thoughtful educational leaders.
The Cristo Rey model has since been duplicated in other urban cities and is based on a foundation of true caring for disadvantaged youth, listening to the needs of the youth and their families and the creation of a unique and powerful economic model designed to assure affordability and sustainability of the school.
The Cristo Rey story is a book well written and researched. It is a book designed for a wide audience and especially helpful for those who want to rethink high school education especially in urban areas.
Bert Blake
Superintendent Emeritus, Grand Rapids Public Schools
