【教育】美国的特许学校好得很！

如同惯例，《U.S. News》于每年的4月底，发表当年的美国50个州加上首都几万所公立高中的排行榜。

2017年的排行榜中，列为全美国前10名的公立高中里，全部由特许学校（charter school）和“磁校（magnet school）”所占据。

有人在年初确认川普内阁中的那位女教育部长时，散布谣言说，美国的特许学校的经费，是把人们用于一般公立学校的钱，“化公为私”。

这里的《U.S. News》的排行榜，就是对以上谣言的一个有力的回击。

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相关链接：

National Rankings Best (Public) High Schools - 2017

https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/national-rankings

The 2017 Best High Schools rankings awards the top 6,041 public high schools with gold, silver and bronze medals, indicating their level of college readiness.

https://www.usnews.com/high-schools/best-high-schools/articles/2017-04-25/us-news-data-who-attends-the-best-high-schools?int=k-12-rec

"Out of the 20,487 eligible schools analyzed and the 6,041 schools awarded a medal, charter and magnet schools top the list for the 2017 national high school rankings."

Charter schools in the United States

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charter_schools_in_the_United_States

Magnet School

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnet_school