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…a regular basis. At a tender age, these children believed that they were complete failures and “bad.” Heartbreaking. When those same children received scholarships to attend small private schools of…
…that are privately run with slightly less red tape than traditional schools—began opening in the early 1990s. These options, along with existing public magnet schools—which are like publicly funded private…
…minutes of at least one private school 55 percent live within 20 minutes of at least one private school 73 percent live within 30 minutes of at least one private…
…Historically, about 7 percent to 8 percent of Indiana’s K-12 students have enrolled in private schools. Recognizing that existing private school options are more heavily concentrated in the areas where…
…the state awards public schools is about $6,000, a $64 million savings in state aid to public schools represents about 10,700 students “diverted” from public schools (or 54 percent of…
…from public schools offering Career and Technical Education classes which aren’t offered in private schools, to charter schools offering Advanced Placement courses to students in middle school who are academically…
…private school choice and charter schools “siphon” resources from public schools is one education myth that just won’t die. But this claim has been debunked in numerous ways. The truth…
…in ten respondents reported being aware of the enrollment decline in public schools. Interestingly, how Americans learned about the enrollment decrease in public schools mirrored how they learned about teacher…
…little about the racial composition of individual public or private schools. To be fair, it is possible that some white students could be using vouchers to attend private schools that…
…fifth of Americans (23%) graded their local public schools as a “D” or “F,” compared to 15 percent for charter schools and slightly less (9%) for local private schools. We…