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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]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.[/quote]

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I have one in public and one in private. This is a ridiculous thread - you can't make generalizations about either type of school. It's important to compare your actual public to the actual private you are considering.

The curriculum are very similar.
The big difference is class size.  The classes are much bigger in public, so your child needs to be a little more self sufficient and able to pay attention in the larger class. They also seem to get a lot of *opportunities* for more in depth and advanced work, but it isn't always required.  For one of my kids, she is able to do focus in the big class and always does the her best to challenge herself and take advantage of the additional learning opportunities.  She has learned lots of critical thinking, creativity, and in depth math.  For my other kid, she was happy coasting in public and needed the small class sizes and more individual attention to really stretch herself.  She doesn't have as many opportunities for advanced work as my public DD, but since she wasn't taking advantage of them anyway, she's better off in public.

I will say the organization and study skills seem to be explicitly taught more in private.[/quote]

I could have written this post. Two kids same experience. I will add my son's peers at his public are as smart and motivated as you can get. Not seeing the same in our private. One or two kids per class stand out as excellent students. The rest including my daughter are more "average" but happy kids!  My rec from this experience is if your kid likes challenge & deep dives, stick with public especially in STEM.[/quote]

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