Are Private High Schools Better Academically Than Public High Schools?

Posted by Goladus on Friday October 12, 2007 @04:38PM
from the cep-dc.org dept.

http://www.cep-dc.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=document.showDocumentByID&nodeID=1&DocumentID=226

There's a PDF summary at the link. The gist is that students at private high schools probably would have done equally well had they gone to a public high school.

Two exceptions are noted: Private High Schools appear to have an effect on SAT scores. Also Catholic Schools run by a Holy Order (such as Jesuit) actually did show some benefits.

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Re:Are Private High Schools Better Academically Than Public ... by MobileDigit on Friday October 12, 2007 @11:46PM (#67180)

If only public schools spent as little per pupil as private schools!

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Re:Are Private High Schools Better Academically Than Public ... by gscott on Saturday October 13, 2007 @01:09AM (#67198)

I went to a private grammer school, they couldn't afford a xerox machine but what I think what worked about the school is that they did more teaching and were very attuned to how each person is doing.

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