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Want to improve union controlled government schools? Allow Tax Credits for students and create competition for the students between private schools and government schools. Monopolies are always a failure.
"A new study that examines the impact of the Florida Tax Credit Scholarship Program (FTC)—the nation’s largest private school scholarship program—finds the program has a marked positive effect on the academic performance of students who remain in public schools. The report is available on the web at www.educationnext.org.
In “Does Competition Improve Public Schools?,” co-authors David Figlio and Cassandra M.D. Hart of Northwestern University, analyzed seven years of Florida test score data and found that scores on state math and reading tests rose following the introduction of the FTC program. In addition, the positive effects of private school competition grew stronger over time, perhaps resulting from increased knowledge of the program and cumulative resource effects.
For every 1.1 miles closer a public school was to the nearest private school, its students’ math and reading scores increased by 1.5 percent of a standard deviation in just the first year alone of the scholarship program. If as many as 12 additional private schools were close to a public school, the public school test scores rose by almost 3 percent of a standard deviation, roughly equivalent to an additional one month of learning for the average student."
A very important element NOT measured? The relation of government schools importance of unions, vs. private schools importance of education.
What do you want from schools for your children--union ownership or quality education.
When will California parents revolt? Our children need clear thinking parents, not union lemmings.
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"A new study that examines the impact of the Florida Tax Credit Scholarship Program (FTC)—the nation’s largest private school scholarship program—finds the program has a marked positive effect on the academic performance of students who remain in public schools. The report is available on the web at www.educationnext.org.
In “Does Competition Improve Public Schools?,” co-authors David Figlio and Cassandra M.D. Hart of Northwestern University, analyzed seven years of Florida test score data and found that scores on state math and reading tests rose following the introduction of the FTC program. In addition, the positive effects of private school competition grew stronger over time, perhaps resulting from increased knowledge of the program and cumulative resource effects.
For every 1.1 miles closer a public school was to the nearest private school, its students’ math and reading scores increased by 1.5 percent of a standard deviation in just the first year alone of the scholarship program. If as many as 12 additional private schools were close to a public school, the public school test scores rose by almost 3 percent of a standard deviation, roughly equivalent to an additional one month of learning for the average student."
A very important element NOT measured? The relation of government schools importance of unions, vs. private schools importance of education.
What do you want from schools for your children--union ownership or quality education.
When will California parents revolt? Our children need clear thinking parents, not union lemmings.
More...