Jay P. Greene and Greg Forster, Center for Civic Innovation at the Manhattan Institute
October 2002
The Manhattan Institute recently published this short "civic bulletin" by Jay P. Greene and Greg Forster. Based on data from two cities, it finds that "public schools exposed to competition showed more improvement in student test scores than other public schools." In Milwaukee, where public elementary schools faced competition from both charter schools and vouchers, "only private competition was found to cause improvements." You can obtain a copy at: http://www.manhattan-institute.org/html/cb_27.htm. To read the op-ed version, also by Greene and Forster, see "Choice proves beneficial for public schools, too," Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, October 17, 2002, http://www.manhattan-institute.org/html/_mjs-choice_proves.htm.
