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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Private school is generally a waste of money in the elementary years, but many parents feel that they must join the private school pipeline early on to ensure that their child gets into a ‘good private.’ Public elementary school is generally equal to or better than private in some cases or subject areas - e.g. math. The differentiation between public and private starts to show up in the middle and high school years. The best advice is to save yourself $250,000 by sending your kid to public elementary and then apply out to private for 6th. [/quote] I hear you on differentiation beginning in middle and high school, but IMO that is too late to be building high expectations and work ethic. We don't have crazy behavioral issues, and I still opted for the higher class size private because they are drilled in math, language arts, spelling, and grammar, not wasting time "thinking about thinking" and peer reviewing written work. I don't think core academic subjects during the elementary school day are the main place for real creativity to be fostered. I think elementary (particularly K-4) is time to really learn the basics and build a strong foundation. 3rd graders can do 20 problems a night of graded math homework and still play and explore. Public school doesn't seem to believe that anymore.[/quote]
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