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jimbolauski@lemm.ee 2 months agoIf a public school performs poorly they get more money, if a voucher school performs poorly they get closed. In my area voucher schools perform better than public schools and cost half as much.
WhatYouNeed@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Affluent white area by any chance?
And those religious “schools” that don’t have to confirm to standards. Sure they are churning out real productive, fully functioning adults.
jimbolauski@lemm.ee 2 months ago
That’s the one area where public schools outperform private in my area. The less wealthy the neighborhood the more likely private schools do better.
A requirement for accepting state money is standards have to be met. Private highschool graduates have higher ACT scores, higher acceptence rates into college, higher college graduation rates.
gwheel@lemm.ee 2 months ago
That’s because private schools act as a filter for the families that can afford them. Kids from poorer families are more likely to have an unstable home life, insufficient access to meals outside of school lunches, and other things which are the biggest factors in educational success. The voucher system takes funding from the public schools used by the poorest kids and gives it to the private schools used by families that could already afford to go elsewhere.
Private schools can also arbitrarily accept/reject students which gives them an advantage in outcome metrics.
jimbolauski@lemm.ee 2 months ago
The vouchers in my area pay for all tutition for private school for low and middle income families. There is no tutition cost for families. It lets low income families escape failing schools.