Voucher system benefits public schools
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This reference is used to annotate "I would never send my kids to school" (2017) by Piotr Wozniak
More evidence that choice can raise standards for all comes from Caroline Hoxby, an economist at Harvard University, who has shown that when American public schools must compete for their students with schools that accept vouchers, their performance improves. Swedish researchers say the same. It seems that those who work in state schools are just like everybody else: they do better when confronted by a bit of competition
Title: New research shows that parental choice raises standards—including for those who stay in public schools
Link: http://www.economist.com/node/9119786
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