http://jaypgreene.com/2009/11/29/school-choice-reduces-crime-increases-college-attendance-and-makes-your-breath-smell-better/ With Help From Some Friends Sat, 11 Feb 2012 03:03:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://jaypgreene.com/2009/11/29/school-choice-reduces-crime-increases-college-attendance-and-makes-your-breath-smell-better/#comment-7854 Thu, 17 Dec 2009 04:27:09 +0000 http://jaypgreene.com/?p=4938#comment-7854 [...] School Choice Reduces Crime, Increases College-Attendance, and Makes Your Breath Smell Better. All except that breath thing, the thoughts here demonstrate why school choice should be a possibility for students. [...]

]]> http://jaypgreene.com/2009/11/29/school-choice-reduces-crime-increases-college-attendance-and-makes-your-breath-smell-better/#comment-7656 Mon, 30 Nov 2009 17:15:49 +0000 http://jaypgreene.com/?p=4938#comment-7656 [...] (H/T Jay Greene) A new study of North Carolina by Harvard researcher David Deming finds that school choice for the poorest students — especially African-American males — leads to less criminal activity: Importantly, the effects of winning the [school choice] lottery persist beyond the treatment years into the peak ages of criminal offending and beyond. After enrollment in the first choice school is complete, youth attend similar schools and live in similar neighborhoods. Yet the impacts persist for seven years after random assignment. The findings suggest that schools may be a particularly important setting for the prevention of future crime. [...]

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