CHICAGO -- A study suggests that disadvantaged teens may get more than an academic boost by attending top-notch high schools -- their health may also benefit.
Risky behaviour including binge-drinking, unsafe sex and use of hard drugs was less common among these kids, compared with peers who went to mostly worse schools. The teens were otherwise similar, all from low-income Los Angeles neighbourhoods who applied to top public charter schools that admit stu...
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