Their most important finding is that school closure has significant positive impacts on the achievement of displaced students. (educationnext.org)
Reality: There's some evidence indicating that integrated schools have a positive impact on the achievement of minority students, especially blacks. (educationnext.org)
However, two recent studies that looked at the impact of disruptive students in individual classrooms found that those students did have a negative impact on the achievement of other students in the class. (educationnext.org)