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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It really depends on where you live and your zoned school district. People that live in the Whitman or Langley areas have very different considerations than people living in DC or the exurbs. The quality of education really isn't an issue at highly-resourced, wealthy public schools. But if you are not zoned for those schools, yeah, private will often be the better choice. [/quote]

This isn't entirely true, especially where schools are centrally run on a county level.  Yes, most of the kids are coming from well resourced homes.  You still will get kids with significant disabilities, for example, autism or down's syndrome, being mainsteamed with an aide.  My kids were in a 10/10 best schools, upper middle class/wealthy school.   Every year in elementary, there were a minimum of two to three kids being mainstreamed with aides in their class.  You still have kids with emotional trauma and related behavioral issiues. You still have teachers who are forced to teach towards state assessment tests.  You still have a central office churning out a curriculum that leaves teacher's little room to deviate.  You still have a tenure system that prevents schools from firing teachers who have checked out.  You still have a system that does next to nothing to reward exemplary teachers.  You still have a movement away from tracking and g&t programs on equity grounds.  You still have a system that allocates little time towards recess, and doesn't allow for much learning by doing.

All public schools systems are being hit hard by Trump's budget cuts to education.  Our local public school system is getting rid of school librarians as a budget cutting measure, and encouraging early teacher retirements to replace them with cheaper, younger teachers.[/quote]

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