study: public schools just as good as private schools


	study: public schools just as good as private schools

thekay

5-27-2008 7:27 PM

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5-27-2008 7:30 PM

sillysam

They (public schools) should be a whole lot better considering the amount of funding public schools get.

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                        Students in public schools have math scores that are just as good if not better than those of students in private schools, according to a new national study.
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scores are better at public schools than at private schools, when
controlling for socioeconomic status, but some critics said that study
failed to show the possible effect over time of different types of
schooling</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20080527/sc_livescience/studypublicschoolsjustasgoodasprivateschools">whether the school is public or private doesn't seem to make that much difference</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/2EDCA54E-3122-4D0C-A190-CD55903193F6/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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