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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There’s no perfect school and some of the problems discussed here are overblown or not applicable [/quote]

Fearmongering is out of control 
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A school shooting is my greatest fear right now for my kids.  [/quote]

School shootings occur in private schools too.  You'll have to move out of America if you want to reduce that fear.[/quote]

Out of 134 school shootings from 2000 to 2018, 8 occurred in private schools, while 122 occurred in public schools. https://www.cato.org/blog/are-shootings-more-likely-occur-public-schools[/quote]

And how many more public schools are there than private schools? Come on, you can do better trolling than this.[/quote]

If you were less lazy and had actually read the very short article I posted, you would see that it directly answered your weak point:

"Since there are many more public schools than private schools, we must consider that difference. The most recent data from the National Center for Education Statistics show that around 25 percent of U.S. K‑12 schools are private, while about 10 percent of schooled children attend private schools. [b]In other words, the data suggest that children that go to private schools are disproportionately less likely to experience a school shooting than children in public schools. [/b]Of course, considering the difference in the number of students across the two sectors does not account for differences in the types of students. After all, at least some of the divergence in school shootings found are likely due to other factors such as household income and parent education levels. However, a recent study by Danish Shakeel and me, presented at the International School Choice and Reform Conference, finds that private schools experience better school culture than public schools even after controlling for several characteristics such as school size, location, racial composition of students and teachers, and the percent of students from low-income families. [b]We find that private schools are significantly less likely than public schools to experience problems such as student fighting, bullying, and, perhaps most importantly, weapon possession. [/b]Anytime you write about a tragedy and point to your favorite policy reform as the solution, it can seem opportunistic and, frankly, a little callous. But it is not groundless to think that school type could matter, and nothing should be off-limits for discussion to end these sorts of tragedies." [/quote]

You'll notice they failed to address their math problem, and they covered it up with unsupported blah blah.[/quote]

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