Sentences with phrase «than public schools»

Studies show that school choice program participants perform as well as or better than their public school peers.

This does not mean that students are not inspired to learn just as much if not more than their public school counterparts do.

Participants in school choice programs graduate from high school at higher rates than their public school peers.

The main conclusion is that students using vouchers to attend private schools do not generally attain higher test scores than public school students.

Generally, charter schools performed worse than the public schools.

They teach for less than their public school counterparts because their sense of professional efficacy is greater.

Schools of choice will give many the opportunity to get a better education, an education that reflects the values and desires of parents better than public schools do or can.

But even when all students are included in the analysis, African - American students who attended private schools scored significantly higher than their public school peers (see Figure 2).

Students attending voucher schools had higher graduation rates than their public school peers.

Parents usually have less input into charter schools than public schools.

I am a working class parent of a child who needs to go to an alternative school other than public school.

Nonetheless, generally, private school teachers earn less than public school teachers.

Students who use vouchers score significantly higher on test scores than their public school peers - just as they are more tolerant and their parents are more satisfied.

They also point out that charters don't give much more control to parents and students than the public school system.

And why would these publicly supported private schools get to play by different set of standards than public schools?

In several school policy areas, private school teachers and principals are more likely than their public school counterparts to believe that they have a great deal of influence.

So, they charge a premium for the rare school that does try to tap the bond market — much more than public school districts pay to borrow.

There is no doubt that home - educated families have greater flexibility than public school families do when planning their schedules.

But do they actually live up to the hype and do a better job than public schools?

Private school principals report more influence over curriculum than their public school counterparts report.

The private school spent at the time about 2.5 X more per kid than the public school he attended.

Such a strategy also calls for researchers to ask more nuanced questions than simply whether or not voucher programs are better than public school programs.

Rather than voice and exit working as substitutes, I find voucher parents say that they are more willing than public school parents to use voice over exit.

The complaint alleged that private and religious schools were denying admission to children with disabilities, leaving those children no other option than the public school system.

Researchers have shown that Catholic schools are more racially integrated than public schools and that voucher programs do not have an adverse effect on integration.

Perhaps this explains why students at religious schools score higher on measures of civic participation (volunteering in the community) than public school children.

The study showed that public schools facing greater competition from private options saw greater gains than public schools with less competition.

Another possible reason private schools might have fewer instances of bullying is that private schools often find it easier than public schools to create a strong school culture centered on common values of members.

This, of course, begs the question: Why are private schools, despite having far fewer resources, able to provide significantly smaller classes than public schools?

The admissions timeline for schools is much earlier than the public schools registration process, and since each school is independent, they have slightly different paths to get to know them.

In a few categories, charter schools have had more success than public schools, but in others, they are the same or worse.

I don't think I've ever experienced a system, however, that is more adept at putting off doing the right thing than the public school system.

Could well - regulated charter schools be a better symbol of our democracy than the public school?

Second, private schools are generally more selective in admissions than public schools and, on average, have students with higher socio economic status.

The question was, What caused private schools to develop such attributes more successfully than public schools?

A growing body of evidence suggests that private schools generally, and Catholic schools in particular, are often better at promoting civic participation and political tolerance than public schools.

The for - profit companies that operate some charter and online schools take the idea a step further by arguing that private business models are more efficient than public school systems.

For one, private businesses can make more effective use of scale than public schools.

When school quality increases with the educational standard set by schools, education before college needs not be a hierarchy with private schools offering better quality than public schools.

My forthcoming research shows that, from funding and management practices to teacher and student policies, states are giving charter schools and private schools a better deal than public schools.

Recent state testing reveals that voucher students score lower in reading and math proficiency than public school students.

While many claim that heads of schools make less than their corporate counterparts, the truth is that many actually earn more than some public school superintendents do.

It also found that charter schools, privately operated and publicly financed, did significantly more poorly than public schools in the fourth grade, once student populations were taken into account.

Because they are private schools, voucher schools have limited public accountability and operate under different rules than public schools.

Because of this, their curriculum is held at a higher standard than public schools within the district.