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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think that it is natural to defend your school regardless. If you paid a ton of money to be in a particular neighborhood for the schools, by golly, the school will be perfect in your mind. Likewise, if you paid lots in tuition, you will stand by the private school.  We need to have that comfort with big financial layouts.[/quote]
I agree that there is lots of potential for bias in these discussions.  Here are some examples I can envision:

1. Public school parents biased to justify their property values deriving from their local school quality.
2. Private school parents biased to justify their spend on tuition.
3. Both camps biased to defend their choices as parents, since no one wants to think she is making a less than ideal education choice for her children.
4. General psychological bias to defend whatever group you are part of.
5. Revenge bias resulting from residual anger at particular schools or parent bodies over perceived slights (whether justified or not).
6. Troll bias from people who just want to stir up trouble.[/quote]

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