Re: Study shows public schools as good as private

Steven L. Robinson wrote:
(Yet another road block for vouchers, this one is nearly insurmountable. SR)

Study bolsters public schools

Students on par with private-campus peers; U.S. downplays data

11:55 PM CDT on Friday, July 14, 2006

By Diana Jean Schemo / The New York Times

WASHINGTON - The Education Department reported Friday that, in reading and
math, children attending public schools generally do as well as or better
than children with similar racial, economic and social backgrounds in
private schools.

I'm not surprised and FWIW it mirrors our personal experience. Our
child started off in private school, then we went public, and we found
them both equally mediocre. So why pay for private mediocrity when
public's mediocrity is "free?"

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