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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Cons - Cost

Pros - everything else[/quote]

You beat me to it!

We looked very closely at our MoCo public since cost is definitely a consideration for us.  Hands down, the privates we considered beat the public in every single aspect- better curriculum, better facilities, more recess, more PE, more art, music and drama, better differentiation and ability to teach to the individual child, better teachers (from what I've heard, there are some awesome and some not-so-great teachers at our public- the teachers at our private are [b]across-the-board incredible[/b]), greater emphasis on character development, greater emphasis on reading/writing/public speaking, better lunch offerings, not only smaller classes, but smaller overall school so that kids are all known by the Headmasters, most of the teachers and most other families of the school.  Having attended both a "top" public and a private school myself eons, ago, I admit I'm biased.  While in many situations, one can obtain a comparable education, the overall experience at a private is generally far superior than the overall experience at a public.[/quote]

I find it hard to believe that there are [b]no[/b] average/just OK teachers in private schools and only public schools can have a mix of awesome & not-so-great teachers.   Certainly private schools can offer a lot of advantages but it is certainly possible to run into a not-incredible teacher in ANY school.  In fact, my friend whose kids are at a private school was just complaining to me this a.m. about the awful science teacher she's dealing with this year (DD in 6th grade).[/quote]

My DCs had some so-so and even one really bad teacher at a private that is frequently talked about here in glowing terms. It's one of the reasons they went back to public.[/quote]

We have been at 2 privates and public for our kids. The privates in no way had across the board incredible teachers. There were so wonderful teachers who really loved teaching and really connected with the kids and their subjects. Other teachers were so bad, it was hard to understand why they even went into teaching. Little enthusiasm, did not really understand the material,  completely unconnected with the kids. Overall, i think both public and private have good and bad teachers. You have to be lucky to get the good ones. [/quote]

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