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Myths about school choice.(Scan)
Public-school teacher unions and other opponents of school choice have repeated certain falsehoods over and over to discourage the adoption of a competitive educational system.
One claim is that allowing parents to choose their children's schools would result in racial segregation. Hard evidence suggests the opposite: Private and parochial schools tend to be less racially stratified than many public schools. The schools run by the Evangelical Lutheran Church, to take one example, report that 32 percent of their students are black, Hispanic, Asian, or Native American.
There is also compelling evidence that some kinds of non-government schools create a healthier racial environment than do public schools. When the Manhattan Institute's lay Greene compared the lunchroom behavior of students in public and parochial schools, he found that blacks and whites in the latter were much more likely to sit together and genuinely enjoy each others' company. The reason, Greene found, is that children attending religious schools are attracted to each other by interests and ...
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- Magazine article from: Education Next December 22, 2001 700+ words
...as a reform strategy, traditional public schools must feel challenged. The officials...science labs and sports fields, that public schools regularly supply. Voucher programs...beginning to appear. To attract students, public schools are promoting their wares, alte ring...
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- Magazine article from: The Review of Policy Research Godwin, R. Kenneth Leland, Suzanne M. Baxter, Andrew D. Southworth, Stephanie September 1, 2006 700+ words
Although much of the debate concerning school choice has centered on vouchers for private schools, public school choice, a policy that allows families to choose which public school their children will attend, is a more widely used tool in education...
- The difference that choice makes; Economics focus; School choice.(Finance and...
- Magazine article from: The Economist (US) January 27, 2001 700+ words
...fascinating new work on the effects of school choice suggests. Caroline Hoxby of Harvard...to answer hard questions. Even if school choice were an issue that did not matter...justly admired. And it so happens that school choice is something that matters a lot. In...
- Key case in future of school choice: Cleveland - the Supreme Court's focus...
- Newspaper article from: The Christian Science Monitor February 19, 2002 700+ words
...adults who graduated from Cleveland public schools who can't spell 'seven,' " she...they wanted would end up hollowing out public schools. As the best students fled to private...schools, the most troubled would stay in public schools. Supporters of vouchers envisioned...
- Talk Back Baseless criticism unfair to mayor; Mayor hasn't been critical of...
- Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel May 5, 1996 700+ words
...system has many dedicated teachers. And public schools can become the enthusiastic first choice...Journal Sentinel's series on Milwaukee Public Schools clearly documented, kids, and not...talents within each child. We all want public schools to be successful. But until a school...
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- Newspaper article from: The Washington Times November 6, 2005 700+ words
...Ten Principles of School Choice," 2004). Legislators...more cheaply than public schools. Compare the average...provide evidence that school choice helps public schools perform better. ("The ABCs of School Choice," 2005.) Another...
- Education Next: Research Shows School Choice Raises Student Performance in...
- Press release article from: Business Wire November 26, 2001 700+ words
...critics who claim school choice bleeds traditional public schools of their best...competition from school choice improved public schools' academic...glimpse at how public schools are responding...new forms of school choice," writes...
- Community involvement, not school choice, will improve...
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Times August 31, 1996 700+ words
...parental involvement to the "school choice" argument, however, is...record, NEA believes in school choice - among public schools. We believe it's constitutionally...to use public funds for public schools. What we and the majority...
Source: HighBeam Research, Myths about school choice.(Scan)