According to my interpretation of data from meta - analyses and a nationwide data set, both racial and socioeconomic achievement gaps are 25 percent narrower in Christian
schools than in public schools.
In the eighth grade, students in charters did slightly
better than those in public schools, though the sample size was small and the difference was not statistically significant, the study said.
They also found that achievement gaps along lines of parental education, race, and ethnicity were all smaller in Catholic
schools than in public schools.
As these low - income students enter private schools, where socioeconomic status tends, on average, to be
higher than in public schools, their presence often alters schools» racial and socioeconomic composition.
This might be one secret to Catholic schools» success; Figlio and Ludwig report that students in Catholic schools «spend more time on homework and extracurricular
activities than those in public schools... Private schools may thus reduce delinquency if only because of an «incapacitation effect» — teens who are doing homework or running track are not out looking for trouble.»
Nowhere have the cuts hit
harder than in public schools, where rankings in teacher pay and per - pupil funding have spiraled toward the bottom of the 50 states.
Jones also spoke to GoodeReader about the possible reasons why digital textbooks have seen a greater adoption at the higher education
level than in the public schools, namely that in those arenas that students are accustomed to paying for content, as well as the fact that they see the means to an end in this kind of investment towards their degrees and ultimately their careers.
From James Coleman's early observational studies of high schools to the experimental voucher evaluations of the past 15 years, researchers have routinely found that similar students do at least as well and, at times, better academically in private
schools than in public schools.
This might be one secret to Catholic schools» success; in their 2012 paper, Figlio and Ludwig report that students in Catholic schools «spend more time on homework and extracurricular
activities than those in public schools....
A study conducted by Bruce Cairns, a member of the state senate education committee, found that the average cost of private education in Colorado was $ 2,625 - much
less than in public schools, leading Cairns to conclude, «School choice is cheaper and more efficient.»
Told that recent research showed «students learn more in charter schools
than in public schools,» support for charter schools rose by 14 percentage points.
A study that «presents evidence that students learn no more in private school
than in public schools» depressed support for vouchers by 10 percentage points overall, an impact almost as large as presidential position taking.
Indeed, a study by the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network found that LGBTQ + students were significantly less likely to experience verbal or physical harassment or physical abuse in private schools
than in public schools.
When presented with research evidence that claims «students learn no more in private schools
than in public schools,» support for school vouchers dropped by 10 percentage points, an impact almost as large as the President's.
In 1982, James S. Coleman, perhaps the most significant academic figure in education policymaking of the past 50 years, produced a study, with Thomas Hoffer and Sally Kilgore, demonstrating that students perform better in private schools, and particularly Catholic schools,
than in public schools, all else being equal.
The study found that while the raw scores of fourth - graders in Catholic schools, for example, were 14.3 points higher
than those in public schools, when adjustments were made for student backgrounds, those in Catholic schools scored 3.4 points lower than those in public schools.
Because of limited funds and a lack of mandates, teachers encounter fewer special needs students in private schools
than in public schools, so if you specialized in special education, you might not find many available positions in the private sector.