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Public school kindergarteners post same or greater gains as private school counterparts

In the first study to examine differences in learning gains at the kindergarten level, William Carbonaro (University of Notre Dame) finds that publicly schooled kindergarteners post the same or greater learning gains as privately schooled kindergarteners. These findings come as a surprise. As Carbonaro writes, "Both the financial costs of private schooling and other self-selection factors ensure that the private schools will have a more advantaged population of students than public schools."

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