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[quote=Anonymous]On average, private schools tend to do better in teaching writing, history, literature etc.  The small class sizes mean that teachers can assign lots of essays and give lots of feedback.  They also tend to offer courses in Latin and Art History, which public schools dropped long ago.

Public schools tend to do better in math and science.  There are more funds and more students to justify the purchase of  lab equipment.  also, public schools pay better.  Since people who have math and science skills have more lucrative private sector options, the pay needs to be more competitive to attract people in those fields into teaching.  Also, scientists aren't wealthy, and they tend to send their kids public.  Look at the list of Intel semi-finalists.  The kids don't come from private schools.  They come from public schools near laboratories, like NIH and Cold SPring Harbor.  The proximity means scientists' kids creating demand for rigorous science classes and parents who can arrange lab space for interested kids.[/quote]

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