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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This poster sounds like a broken record with the "try something different " mantra.

How about we close all schools. Then there will be no achievement gap because there will be no testing.  That is different.

But people with critical thinking skills can reason out that just because something is different doesn't make it better.[/quote]

People with critical thinking skills can also realize that we have been doing it this way for a long time and public schools are not providing what poor kids need.  We can also recognize that we have been throwing money at the public education system in this county but are still not seeing a closing of the achievement gap.  [/quote]

There have been multiple studies that show voucher programs make outcomes WORSE, not better.  Even from right-leaning sources.  There may need to be some changes in how we deal with low-income and high-needs students, but we know vouchers are counterproductive and kids perform worse.  [/quote]

E.g. this [url]http://seii.mit.edu/research/study/school-vouchers-and-student-achievement-first-year-evidence-from-the-louisiana-scholarship-program/[/url]

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These studies are questionable. First, if you limit Boost funds to be applied to schools charging only $14k as Boost does, you are self-selecting schools that are not well-funded. Contrast that to DC's Opportunity Scholarship, which grants modest sums for kids to study at most privates in DC - including those with tuition above $30k or $40k. Second, privates don't teach to the test - they don't prep kids for standardized tests for days on end, as my kids' public school did. There are studies that show black males from voucher-funded privates in NYC are more likely to attend college.[/quote]

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