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[quote=Anonymous]I would challenge the assumption that private school teachers are "better" than public school teachers.  Some teachers get inspired teaching smaller classes, focusing more narrowly on the subject matter of the class, and enjoy the flexibility of private school.  Some teachers are inspired by teaching in public schools, a helping kids who need it the most, etc., and are attracted by the higher pay.  It is not as if all the best teachers chose public or private, it depends on their preferences, like everything else.  What you pay for with private is a cohort of kids whose parents who are either rich or willing to find a way to pay for private school.  What you get in public school are kids whose parents either don't have the means for private school, or believe in public school, etc.  You aren't buying a necessarily better education, just a different education.  (spoken as someone who went to private and public schools, whose kids go to public (for now), and someone with a bunch of teachers in the family who have taught in all sorts of settings, fwiw).  [/quote]

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