What public doesn’t teach

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:This is why many of us consider public schools to be a failure.

Nobody is ever going to come out & say they regret spending $45,000/year on private.

The true cost of a free public education makes public a terrible deal. So many people regret using their public schools. That is what this thread is about.

Again, nobody is going to admit to buyer’s remorse.

Every year parents decide where to enroll their kids. Almost nobody leaves a good private willingly.

[Anonymous]

The private school our kids went to devoted a lot of effort convincing us how wonderful they were. i.e. customer retention. The public schools our kids went to just got on with the job of educating our kids.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:This is why we don’t pay attention to “ high rankings” it’s literally about test scores. We’ve been saying this on dcum for years.
My kid is in 5th grade in private and she’s staying there thru 8th. It’s like night and day compared to mcps.

This. MCPS has put teachers in the position where they must teach to the (standardized) test. Private school teachers have far more latitude in their assessment techniques. My private school kid did not take a standardized test until the SSAT when applying out of a K-8 for HS.

Those standardized tests map to curricula that covers the topics and skills OP asserts are not taught.

I think it’s more likely OP’s kids are just a little dim.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is why many of us consider public schools to be a failure.

Nobody is ever going to come out & say they regret spending $45,000/year on private.

The true cost of a free public education makes public a terrible deal. So many people regret using their public schools. That is what this thread is about.

Again, nobody is going to admit to buyer’s remorse.

Every year parents decide where to enroll their kids. Almost nobody leaves a good private willingly.

We left willingly. I got my life back by not having to commute a long distance to the private school, and the kids got a great education at our local schools. They were also challenged by the higher number of talented students at the public schools.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Lol you posted this on the private school forum. Did you expect posters to disagree with you?

Have fun spending tens of thousands of dollars a year only to see your kids end up exactly the same as the public school kids in life.

NP. My goal in life for my kids is to help them be as happy, intelligent, and self aware as they can be. Not to get them to make millions.

I do think in most cases all that private school gives you will help in life and will be an advantage.
So I am happy to spend tens of thousands of dollars because my kids will not be the same people they would have been in public…

They'll have the same parents regardless of which school system they attend, which is considered to be more important than the school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is why many of us consider public schools to be a failure.

Nobody is ever going to come out & say they regret spending $45,000/year on private.

The true cost of a free public education makes public a terrible deal. So many people regret using their public schools. That is what this thread is about.

Again, nobody is going to admit to buyer’s remorse.

Every year parents decide where to enroll their kids. Almost nobody leaves a good private willingly.

We left willingly. I got my life back by not having to commute a long distance to the private school, and the kids got a great education at our local schools. They were also challenged by the higher number of talented students at the public schools.

Sounds like you left due to the challenging commute.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is why many of us consider public schools to be a failure.

Nobody is ever going to come out & say they regret spending $45,000/year on private.

The true cost of a free public education makes public a terrible deal. So many people regret using their public schools. That is what this thread is about.

Again, nobody is going to admit to buyer’s remorse.

Every year parents decide where to enroll their kids. Almost nobody leaves a good private willingly.

We left willingly. I got my life back by not having to commute a long distance to the private school, and the kids got a great education at our local schools. They were also challenged by the higher number of talented students at the public schools.

Sounds like you left due to the challenging commute.

We left because the private school didn't differentiate and wasn't worth the money. Not doing the commute came as a welcome surprise. The kids also gained local friends and better trained teachers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is why many of us consider public schools to be a failure.

Nobody is ever going to come out & say they regret spending $45,000/year on private.

The true cost of a free public education makes public a terrible deal. So many people regret using their public schools. That is what this thread is about.

Again, nobody is going to admit to buyer’s remorse.

Every year parents decide where to enroll their kids. Almost nobody leaves a good private willingly.

We left willingly. I got my life back by not having to commute a long distance to the private school, and the kids got a great education at our local schools. They were also challenged by the higher number of talented students at the public schools.

Sounds like you left due to the challenging commute.

We left because the private school didn't differentiate and wasn't worth the money. Not doing the commute came as a welcome surprise. The kids also gained local friends and better trained teachers.

The public vs private distinction is too reductive since we should be evaluating individual schools. However, it sounds like your specific private was not very good.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is why many of us consider public schools to be a failure.

Nobody is ever going to come out & say they regret spending $45,000/year on private.

The true cost of a free public education makes public a terrible deal. So many people regret using their public schools. That is what this thread is about.

Again, nobody is going to admit to buyer’s remorse.

Every year parents decide where to enroll their kids. Almost nobody leaves a good private willingly.

We left willingly. I got my life back by not having to commute a long distance to the private school, and the kids got a great education at our local schools. They were also challenged by the higher number of talented students at the public schools.

Sounds like you left due to the challenging commute.

We left because the private school didn't differentiate and wasn't worth the money. Not doing the commute came as a welcome surprise. The kids also gained local friends and better trained teachers.

The public vs private distinction is too reductive since we should be evaluating individual schools. However, it sounds like your specific private was not very good.

I agree that it depends on the private school. That is why the OP's original posting isn't useful. To diss every public school as bad is rather hollow. Let's face it - public schools range from TJHSST, which is often seen as the best high school in the US, to failing school districts.

The thing with schools is that you don't get to try them all out like you might with supermarkets or hotel chains or airlines. You're either constrained by which private schools accept your child or that you can afford, or for public schools it's dictated by where you live. Moving from school to school involves high transaction costs.

[Anonymous]

Is no one going to call out the fact that OP things creativity is a thing that should/can be taught?

[Anonymous]

Here come the teenagers (or at least the teenage-minded), baiting with incendiary opinions to get an argument started.

Please make better choices with how you spend your time and energy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Writing
Critical thinking
Creativity
Organization and study skills
In depth math

Have been at a highly ranked public from 1-6th and am appalled by the shallowness of the curriculum. I feel terrible for what my kid has missed.

Our public school has a very popular creative writing class that my child will be taking next year. It's hilarious that you think private school math is better than public. Math is one subject where public school parents know exactly where their kids stand compared to other kids, do private school parents have the same information?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is why we don’t pay attention to “ high rankings” it’s literally about test scores. We’ve been saying this on dcum for years.
My kid is in 5th grade in private and she’s staying there thru 8th. It’s like night and day compared to mcps.

This. MCPS has put teachers in the position where they must teach to the (standardized) test. Private school teachers have far more latitude in their assessment techniques. My private school kid did not take a standardized test until the SSAT when applying out of a K-8 for HS.

Those standardized tests map to curricula that covers the topics and skills OP asserts are not taught.

I think it’s more likely OP’s kids are just a little dim.

Maybe OP's kid was on a slower track. That's one of the main drivers for kids leaving out public ES for private

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:But does private teach how to be a good test taker?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Writing
Critical thinking
Creativity
Organization and study skills
In depth math

Have been at a highly ranked public from 1-6th and am appalled by the shallowness of the curriculum. I feel terrible for what my kid has missed.

Also:

Public speaking/presentation skills
Social-emotional kills