If you're thinking about having kids in the near future, having
great public schools nearby is important.
Not exact matches
Specifically, we look to see whether test scores showed
greater improvement in the wake of the new policy for students attending
public schools with more (or more varied)
nearby private options that suddenly became more affordable for low - income students than did scores for students attending
schools with fewer (or less varied) potential competitors.
Issued in the spring of 1972, the panel's final report predicted that, unless steps were taken, alternatives to
public schools would all but disappear; the
greatest impact, the report noted, would be felt in «large urban centers, with especially grievous consequences for poor and lower middle - class families in racially changing neighborhoods where the
nearby nonpublic
school is an indispensable stabilizing factor.»
The vast majority of gold standard studies show
greater academic achievement for both students in choice programs and those in
nearby public schools.