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[quote=Anonymous]We actually regret sending our kids to private school for the elementary grades, because in these grades kids are learning the same things in public and private schools: how to read, math facts, et cetera. It's starting at the upper grades of elementary schools that the differences between public and private begin to emerge, in terms of more music and social studies in the private schools.

You cannot make a statement to the effect that "private is always better than public" for every pair of public and private school options, or for every kid. That just defies common sense. It totally depends on your kid and on the public school in question. My kids have been in private and public elementary schools. One kid loved private school. The other was bored stiff and begged to be be transferred to the local public where he was more challenged (he's now in a magnet - public schools do better with that sort of kid). Private schools are better for kids who need more attention, but on the other hand some kids will find the small school size and increased attention stifling, as a PP pointed out and which one of our DCs also found.  If your kid gets into a top private school you might find the pedagolical and other differences worth the $35K price tag, but you can't know which private school choices you will have until you go through the application process.[/quote]

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