Children's behinds left... again...

In a study released on weekly Bad News Day (known to the rest of us as Friday), it has been shown that children in public schools typically performed at least as well in reading and mathematics as comparable children in private schools. The study finds that, when compared with students in similar racial, economic, and social situations, private school students were not performing as well as their public-school-educated counterparts.

On top of this, the study found that the worst-performing private schools tended to be...

...Wait for it...

... conservative Catholic schools! Surprise! (NOT)

As someone in the education field, it is so not surprising that most private school students underperform. Private schools tend to have a shorter school year, longer vacations, more "off days," and less-qualified teachers than public schools. In addition, their school day, typically the same length as a public-school day, is "shortened" as soon as the first "religious" lesson of the day starts.

I have found that 8th-graders in private schools are woefully behind in math and science compared to their public-schooled peers.

Who wants vouchers now?