The Proof is in the Results

September 5, 2008 · Filed Under Uncategorized 

Last month we noted the latest findings by the Friedman Foundation’s study of Ohio’s EdChoice program, which found empirical evidence that the choice program was benefitting students as well as public schools.

Paul Weyrich, Chairman and CEO of the Free Congress Research and Education Foundation, takes another look at this in his latest column, “Some Empirically Proven Value in School Choice.”

He writes:

One of the arguments which opponents of school choice always make is that it would adversely affect the public school system. Opponents claim that the alternative schools would siphon off the best students, leaving those who remain who are the least able and the poorest and most disadvantaged students. Just as all of the rest of the arguments which opponents have made have proven false, so also has this argument.

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  1. “Charter schools bring benefits to other public schools” : School Choice Virginia on September 17th, 2008 9:44 am

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