Praise of the Catholic School system in the U.S.

The New  York Times in its Religion section by Samuel G.Freedman reviewing the book "The Death and Life of the Great American School System" by Diane Ravitch quotes some of the very admiring statements of Diane on the great service given to the American society by  the Catholic Church.Freedman  says: "What  one might call the Catholic -school model is perhaps the most unappreciated  influence on the nation's public-education debate." Joseph P.Vitteriti, a co-edtor with Ravitch  adds: "The fact of the nmatter  is that they  have been educating urban kids better than they are being educated elsewhere."
"When Ms.Ravitch assails the emphasis on standardized testing,particalrly  under the No child  Left Behaind law, and  when she exhorts  schools to use a content-rich core curriculum  and emphasize character and build ties to parents and neighborhoods, she is , without overtly  saying so,extolling the essential traits of Catholic education."
Ms.Ravitch  prefers Catholic schools to charter schools with regard to educating kids coming from low-income black and Hispanic students.""But charter schools can't do the same things.The Catholic schools  have  a well-established  record of being effective, and they are being replaced by schools that have no track record."