Conclusions
As black students move into private schools at greater rates, a number of questions are raised. To what extent and under what conditions is a private school education better than a public school education for black students? What are the social and educational benefits and costs of being educated in a largely white environment? And what will be the benefits and costs as private schools themselves become increasingly black? Are the economic sacrifices made by black families to send their children to private school worth it to the individual child—to the black community?
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Ascher, C. Black students and private schooling. Urban Rev 18, 137–145 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01108434
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