Comments on: Scott Elliot Makes A Great Catch http://www.edwize.org/scott-elliot-makes-a-great-catch Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:46:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: MichaelB http://www.edwize.org/scott-elliot-makes-a-great-catch/comment-page-1#comment-7722 MichaelB Mon, 31 Jul 2006 05:10:39 +0000 http://edwize.org/scott-elliot-makes-a-great-catch#comment-7722 Even if the study had shown that students who received vouchers clearly performed better in private schools - so what? Such data provides no basis for comparing public to private schools. It only tells what can happen to students when they transfer to better (or lower poverty) schools. Change the word "voucher" to "variance" and you see this same experiment being carried out each year within our public school system. Parents who get their kids out of failing schools and into successful ones expect better results. It doesn't matter if the "good" school is public or private. Even if the study had shown that students who received vouchers clearly performed better in private schools – so what? Such data provides no basis for comparing public to private schools. It only tells what can happen to students when they transfer to better (or lower poverty) schools.

Change the word “voucher” to “variance” and you see this same experiment being carried out each year within our public school system. Parents who get their kids out of failing schools and into successful ones expect better results. It doesn’t matter if the “good” school is public or private.

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