The myth of sending your kid to selective private and BS in the hopes that admission to top

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My reason for private: they expel behavior problems, they fire burnt-out, lazy teachers, they keep parents informed.

Parent of both private and public. I think this is maybe true for non-parochial private schools. Most of the teachers at my kids' catholic private school are parents from the church and there is very little education or experience required to teach. As for the OP question about private vs public, unless you attend a school like Sidwell, private school is not worth it. The public schools in this area are superior compared to the cost spent at private. If you look at the numbers, this area produces an astounding number of college bound students. This is based on money cost and product. You can achieve the same at public as private school for zero cost.

This is true of ALL privates, not just parochial. It is very rare for any private school to have an actual certified teacher on staff.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My reason for private: they expel behavior problems, they fire burnt-out, lazy teachers, they keep parents informed.

Parent of both private and public. I think this is maybe true for non-parochial private schools. Most of the teachers at my kids' catholic private school are parents from the church and there is very little education or experience required to teach. As for the OP question about private vs public, unless you attend a school like Sidwell, private school is not worth it. The public schools in this area are superior compared to the cost spent at private. If you look at the numbers, this area produces an astounding number of college bound students. This is based on money cost and product. You can achieve the same at public as private school for zero cost.

This is true of ALL privates, not just parochial. It is very rare for any private school to have an actual certified teacher on staff.

SO TRUE!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My reason for private: they expel behavior problems, they fire burnt-out, lazy teachers, they keep parents informed.

Parent of both private and public. I think this is maybe true for non-parochial private schools. Most of the teachers at my kids' catholic private school are parents from the church and there is very little education or experience required to teach. As for the OP question about private vs public, unless you attend a school like Sidwell, private school is not worth it. The public schools in this area are superior compared to the cost spent at private. If you look at the numbers, this area produces an astounding number of college bound students. This is based on money cost and product. You can achieve the same at public as private school for zero cost.

This is true of ALL privates, not just parochial. It is very rare for any private school to have an actual certified teacher on staff.

SO TRUE!

Which has nothing to do with the quality of teaching...