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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have currently have kids in public and private and there is a big difference. The positives of private education...

Communication, teacher/student ratios, happiness of staff/teachers, more autonomy in private teaching, less paperwork, less standardized testing "teaching", more PE, more recess, less time just sitting in desks listening, more science and history in lower school, more field trips, lower school foreign language classes, more labs and hands on learning, more clubs and after school-learning opportunities, more arts/music, mandatory instrument lessons, uniforms, more school functions/school spirit, more sports options, better facilities, MUCH better cafeteria food (breakfast and lunch included in tuition), mainly around kids that actually enjoy learning, it is cool to be smart, etc..

One kid can work in the greenhouse or build robotics for science, does a play for English/comprehension, has math outside on the playground (because it is way too nice to sit inside!) doing multiplication facts with four square and division with basketball.  Have all the kids out on a snowy day for recess.  Have your teachers and heads sit with you and your class at lunch and talk about what is going on in everyone's lives.

The other kid sits in a classroom all day and usually even has their 25min of recess indoors with 50+ kids to a room because it is wet, cold, rainy, snowy, etc...   There is no outside-the-box learning in public.  It is a straight up curriculum the teachers must abide by and quickly get thru it for tests or before the next unit starts.

Honestly, it is night and day.

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I'm a pp - another parent (public schooled, both me and my husband) with one in public, one in private. You summed this up VERY well. It makes it really hard for the child who is not in private, IMHO, but we really felt we had no option with our eldest. Hopefully we will get some F/A and have the younger one benefit from this experience as well. [/quote]

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