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Gottlob, Brian J. – Milton & Rose D. Friedman Foundation, 2007
Research has documented a crisis in South Carolina's high school graduation rate. While state officials report a graduation rate above 70 percent, researchers from South Carolina and elsewhere place the rate just above 50 percent, with rates among minority students lower than 50 percent. South Carolina's graduation rate is the worst of all 50…
Descriptors: High Schools, Private Schools, Taxes, Low Income Groups
Aud, Susan L. – Milton & Rose D. Friedman Foundation, 2004
In many states, including South Carolina, school choice is being discussed as perhaps the best way to both improve student achievement and spend education dollars more efficiently. The evidence from the 12 school choice programs currently running around the country is that the increased competition among public and private schools leads to more…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Private Schools, School Choice, Financial Support