A program designed to give students in Michigan the option to go to what may be a better school in a neighboring district is having trouble keeping kids in the program. That’s just one of the findings of research happening on schools of choice at Michigan State University. Joshua Cowen is an associate professor of education policy and is leading the study.
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He also found the students most likely to enroll in the program are black, poor, and don’t test well in math. The next step in the study is to find out how bouncing from district to district impacts the performance of students.
