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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The biggest difference that I see between private and public school is accountability. Private schools must produce good outcomes..meaning educated, motivated kids or no one will pay the tuition. In public school, there is just no accountability for school performance.

We switched from private to public when we moved and it has been interesting. In private, the teachers are much more on top of how your child is doing and quick to give feedback. I have one child learning disabilities but he is very smart and can compensate. The private school was on top of when he wasn't achieving HIS potential and quick to say something. They fully supported us bringing in a tutor that he could work with during after school. In MCPS, its been a terrible fit for him. He basically has to fall to the bottom and even then they will say he is doing well enough. He is measured against their lowest bar not measured against what he can do which is very frustrating. I can't even offer to pay for a tutor or a private special ed teacher to come in during after school in their facilities. He's not failing so he gets BS accommodations that don't do anything but no pull out services. He's gone from being able to manage his disability and being toward the top of the group to floating around the bottom. Its sad but he could be a top performer if the school was in any way responsible for his outcome rather than just getting everyone to the bare minimum. I've had to book up our weekends with private tutors but it isn't the same as doing something a few days week as we did in private. For my non-LD kid, we are also paying for math enrichment because the math is so bad in MCPS. [/quote]

Not quite right. Public schools are accountable through NCLB, whatever you think of the tests, and various things happen to a public school that fails to make progress. Private schools, and my kids have attended them, are very good at sending home newsletters but there's certainly no guarantee that all the kids will turn out "motivated." And if your kid is being bullied, good luck getting the private school to address it if the bully is from a family the private school can't afford to lose, because the family is wealthy family or has multiple kids at the school.

And I don't get your complaint, that you can't do a tutor after school on weekdays so now your weekends are booked with tutors. Why can't you have a tutor come to your house after school, or on weekday nights if you work? [/quote]

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