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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There is plenty of bad behavior in prestigious private schools documented in the press: ncs, Sidwell, Maret, Landon, to name a few. [/quote]

There is bad teenage behavior at most high schools after school hours , but what you are referring to is not in the class room.  The difference is that private schools are more likely to expel or suspend kids, even for off grounds behavior.
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Yes, this isn’t about character of kids writ large but impact as the classroom level. I don’t think Big 3 kids are necessarily of better character or better humans than the at-risk kids at our prior Title1 school. But they do have different impacts the academic climate.

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Exactly.  I'm not arguing that kids that go to private school have better character, but under current policies, public schools have an inability to remove kids with behavioral issues from the classroom.  Private schools can screen before admitting, and then, counsel out  or expel if necessary.[/quote]

This is true at many privates (not all of course) too when the parents are big donors. Money covers up a lot. I’ve known kids who got kicked out of public schools for behavior and so went to private schools. There their bad behavior was ignored because of money.[/quote]

Didn’t happen, impossible to get kicked out of public school.  Nice try though.[/quote]

I teach at DCPS and my kid goes to a private. Expulsion is a thing in public. 
At our private, the school coaches out or exits children who have behavior issues AND are POC’s. But there have been some very problematic little white boys who seem to get all the chances in the world.[/quote]

Sounds horrible, not remotely how it works at my private.  Why do you stay?  Which school are you referring to?  Would be doing a public service in identifying, assuming you are being truthful.[/quote]

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