The Choice Channel

“Two weeks ago, the United States Department of Education released a study that cut to the core of conservative and liberal education orthodoxy. Released on a Friday, so as to be consigned to Saturday coverage, the report demonstrates that there is little, if any gap between student performance at public and private schools. Private and religious schools do perform better than public schools. But when adjusted by breaking out the performance of children of similar racial and economic backgrounds, the advantage evaporates. Secretary Spellings is defensive, insisting that the timing of the release was not deliberate. In fact, once the liberals stop crowing about the report, now used to bash the administration, they will come to realize that it also debunks what they themselves have to offer.” (07/28/06)