Private Schools better than Public?

Study: Private Schools Show More Gains Than Public Schools
Kate Shepherd, Inside INdiana Business
A study to be released this afternoon by the Milton and Rose D. Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice finds that students in private schools made better academic gains than students in public schools, even after controlling for race, income, parental education and family composition.

The study uses data from the Education Longitudinal Study, a long-term research project sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education that tracks individual data on thousands of students.

The study also finds that private schools improve the academic outcomes of public schools, provide better special education services, do a better job of inculcating civic participation and tolerance for the rights of others and produce large fiscal savings for both state budgets and local public school districts.

Source: Inside INdiana Business