After the stir in the Catholic school community caused by the Phi Delta Kappan (September 1998) articles "The "Eliting" of the Common American Catholic School and the National Education Crisis" by David P. Baker and Cornelius Riordan (pp. 16-23) with the response, "The So-Called Failure of Catholic Schools," by Andrew Greeley (pp. 24-25), we knew that there would be some kind of an answer. And there is. In the February 1999 issue of the Phi Delta Kappan, Baker and Riordan responded to Greeley, "It's not about Failure of Catholic Schools: It's about Demographic Transformations," and he responded with "More Assertions Not Backed by Data." Both sides claim the other is distorting research.

In the Autumn Term 1998 issue of Mentor, a Catholic Education Journal, published in England, has as its mission "to inform, promote and celebrate the success of Catholic schools. A recent article by Professor Gerald Grace, "Building a Research Agenda for Catholic schools," suggests that communication among the English researchers would provide a more "cumulative and comprehensive" approach to the scholarly work that needs to be done. Professor Grace is currently assembling the Catholic school doctoral dissertations and master's theses to document what has been done. Professor Grace can be reached at the Centre for Research and Development in Catholic Education (CRDCE), University of London, Institute of Education, Bedford Way, London, MC 1H 0Al, United Kingdom.

Catholic educators interested in research may be interested in joining the Associates for Research on Private Education, a special interest group of the American Educational Research Association (AERA). The group publishes the Private School Monitor and meets annually at the AERA meeting.

Correspondence regarding membership should be directed to Professor Vance Randell, 310 MCKB P. O. Box 25038, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah 84602-5038.