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To: Mr. Whist who wrote (264883)	6/17/2002 11:02:12 PM
From: CYBERKEN	Respond to of 769670

I, and 80 million other voting parents, want my kids in a "cherry choice" school. A school in even high circulated condition isn't acceptable...

To: Mr. Whist who wrote (264883)	6/17/2002 11:15:17 PM
From: Dan B.	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

I didn't note the article saying that the schools in question in Cleveland are Catholic, perhaps they are...got a link? But the article does say the experiment is "...targeted to needy children..." and "receives only about one-third the per-student funding of the Cleveland public schools, yet has produced significant gains in student achievement." Bottom line: "...Significant results..." with "needy(?)" students on 1/3 the money. I'm not sure you've even begun to blow a hole in the results, Catholic or not. It could be that, More Freedom Works, Dan B