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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]When DD went to public some teachers were great but many were just blah.  DD goes to private and all her teachers are amazing. I’m happy with all of them and I’m hard to please.[/quote]

Once you start paying for private, the confirmation bias is very strong.

The public school teachers our kids had in FCPS were far more knowledgeable than our private school teachers in DC, especially when it came to dealing with kids with diverse needs. [/quote]

DP with kids in both. You have as much confirmation bias as that PP. Don't pretend you aren't as invested. That is making you blind.

My experience -- and I too have confirmation bias even with kids in both -- is that you get good and bad teachers in both, but how they are good and bad varies based on structural differences. The public tenured teacher who mocked my dyslexic son's handwriting in front of the class is untouchable (I tried). She continues to berate kids with special needs to this day; I still hear about it from other parents. In private, I don't hear stories of teachers berating kids because those teachers are typically quickly fired. Meanwhile, on the good spectrum, the outstanding teacher another kid was lucky enough to have in public 5th grade is so good that she's now driving curricular training across the district (so a much wider impact than she'd have in private). [/quote]

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