Thomas C. Hunt is a member of the faculty of the University of Dayton and a former editor of Catholic Education : A Journal of Inquiry and Practice. This is his 27th book. David J. O'Brien is Professor of History and Catholic Studies Emeritus, College of the Holy Cross, and University Professor At Large, University of Dayton. He has written widely on U.S. Catholic history. Timothy Walch is the author of Parish School : American Catholic Education from Colonial Times to the Present (2003).
Andrew M. Greeley hailed Parish School as "the best summary review of the history of Catholic education in the last half century."