The hope is that market competition will force schools to improve.

A growing number of parents also believed the public schools were improving.

"That is not the best way to get the schools to improve."

Parents and schools can improve children's health in later years by adding such simple activities, she said.

The school has improved from a poor starting point since opening in 2003.

A few parents say the old school has improved since last fall.

"People finally understand that property values will increase if our schools improve."

So regardless of whether the school has improved or not since you left you'd do that?

America's schools - from kindergarten to high school - have improved in recent years.

That is a big step forward, because parents will then be able to use examination results to challenge schools to improve.