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Reply to "what do you say to neighbors about why you are choosing private vs the local public?"
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[quote=Anonymous] [/quote] It's not inherently private. But I agree that the way we've set it up in the US is private. School segregation is a function of residential segregation is a function of school segregation... Though at least the county-wide school districts in Maryland (where I live) mean that all students within the county get the same financial resources, regardless of the value of their real estate, which mitigates it somewhat.[/quote] You might find this interesting reading: David F. Labaree, entitled “Public Goods, Private Goods: The American Struggle over Educational Goals. Basically three schools of thought on what the system is designed to do and how the private/public goods overlap. [/quote]
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