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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I did not read the article, but you could say that the people that are unhappy with public school and are able to afford private, do it…. [b]It’s a self selection problem[/b]. My daughter started in public and we were very unhappy with the level of education she was receiving that we moved to private… all my kids are in private school now and I don’t like what public school (in our area) does with teaching our kids.[/quote]

The percentage of parents enrolling in private schools is 10-11% in the US.  A good portion of those are parochial and are sought out because of a desire to align with religious values.  So, yes, there's some self-selection, but it's a minority.  And once you're in private school it often becomes something psychologically you are compelled to think---why am I paying for this? Oh, it must be because the public schools are too bad for Larla.  So your perspective towards public schools--which you have less and less direct connection with and knowledge of--gets worse because you have to justify why you are not using them.
(I went to "good" private schools as a kid and happily send my kids to public--and they are thriving there).

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