Word: petersons
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...study shows that minority students can learn given the proper circumstances:...a proper learning environment," Peterson said...
Shattuck Professor of Government Paul E. Peterson and Jay P. Greene, assistant professor of political science at the University of Houston, found that, among minority students of similar socioeconomic backgrounds, those educated at private schools scored higher on standardized tests than did those from public schools...
...Peterson said the results of the study, "The Effectiveness of School Choice in Milwaukee," help to refute the claims of Charles A. Murray '65 and the late Richard J. Herrnstein in The Bell Curve that intelligence is determined in part by race...
...Peterson added that a "primary motivation" in his decision to become involved in the study was his desire to stem the influence of Herrnstein and Murray's book on education policy...
...Peterson and Green's study was based on the examination of an experimental Milwaukee program, begun in 1990, which brought stu- dents from low-income, inner-city families to private schools through a voucher system...