Thread by @DeAngelisCorey

All 3 studies cited in this piece found positive effects of school choice in Sweden.

Headline: "Betsy DeVos' school choice ideas are a reality in Sweden, where student performance has suffered"

Literally the opposite of the data.

First study cited:

"The share of independent school students improves average short and long run outcomes"

Second study cited:

"Competition is shown to have statistically significant positive effects on student performance"

Third study cited:

"School choice had very small but positive effects"

Yet the journalist only said this about the study:

"Research suggests that the presence of free schools has no positive long-term effects for students" 🤔

Another Sweden school choice study (left out by the journalist):

"Our findings support the hypothesis that school results in public schools improve due to competition"

The "evidence" against school choice in Sweden?

The journalist got a quote from an education professor saying something "went wrong in Sweden"

And that Michigan charters are "a disaster"

Liz Willen is the editor-in-chief at @hechingerreport.

On a panel today, she defended Hechinger saying that it is not biased and that it's just in the business of "truth seeking"

It sure doesn't seem like it.

Here's the full article
hechingerreport.org/betsy-devoss-s…

There are 4 studies finding positive effects of school choice in Sweden.

The journalist even cited 3 of them.
Zero negative studies were cited.

@L_Willen, is this headline fair?🤔