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Nov 14, 2023Liked by Andy Spears

Don't bother the Republican Legislature with facts, their goal is to do away with public schools achievement be damned.

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Fascinating. I live in the UK but I'd heard a little bit about this. Why would grades drop when a pupil transfers to a private school. Over here private schools tend to get better results.

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America's elite private schools do tend to produce high academic achievement - though some of that may be a result of the income and education level of the parents. Vouchers do not always cover the full cost of tuition, and private schools are under no obligation to accept a voucher-bearing student. In terms of grades/student achievement, there are a range of private schools, and the experience here in many states has been that student performance drops in private schools when compared with public school counterparts - perhaps the rigor of the schools or the accreditation is not sufficient.

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