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• jimbolauski@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Affluent white area by any chance?

  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.

  And those religious “schools” that don’t have to confirm to standards. Sure they are churning out real productive, fully functioning adults.

  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.

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  • gwheel@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    The less wealthy the neighborhood the more likely private schools do better.

    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.

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    • jimbolauski@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ 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.

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