Catholic schools will help troubled neighborhoods, although they may have left because of the troubles, rather than their leaving being the last straw. The new legislation is a good start, but there is a long way to go.  Make social benefits, like the minimum wage and the child tax credit, adequate ($15/hour, $100)/child/month), with paid literacy and job training for anyone after sophomore year at the higher minimum and an end to the drug war and amnesty for prisoners and these neighborhoods will turn around overnight.