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This article would be credible if it had some numbers in it. How many children that attended private school on a voucher did well, compared to those that attend
by HarryHirsch 14y ago
This article would be credible if it had some numbers in it. How many children that attended private school on a voucher did well, compared to those that attended public school?
Another thing: parents who decide to use vouchers are a self-selected group. How about those parents who don't even know how to be involved with their child's education?
Considering that health visitors and community nurses are a program that works well it might be worth trying the same kind of outreach program in public schools. Who knows, a trial might even show that it works better than school vouchers.
- gradstudent2 14y agoI agree that more convincing data is needed. The only evidence offered that this school is more effective is that some public schools have created advertisements and use Ipads. Considering the fact that this is a Catholic school, I also wonder about what students might be alienated or rejected due to religious prejudice.
- csense 14y ago> Considering the fact that this is a Catholic school, I also wonder about what students might be alienated or rejected due to religious prejudice. The key here is student choice. Since the students themselves (and their families) select the school to go to, presumably if the students end up being alienated due to cultural factors at a specific school, the parents can pull them out and send them to another school. But under the existing system, if a kid was socially isolated at a public school for whatever reason, and his/her parents thought that starting over at another school would be the best, their only options would be to move, or pay out-of-pocket for a private school.