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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]12:03, let me try to clarify our competing viewpoints, so we can at least make sure we're not talking past one another.

I think: Students from strong private high schools in this area have objectively more academic success than students from even strong public schools.  I think a good part of that disparity results from strong students choosing private high schools over public high schools, but also that there may be other factors at play.

You think: If we could control for family income, students from strong private high schools have absolutely no more academic success than their public school counterparts.

Is that accurate?  If I'm misunderstanding your position, then what exactly is your position?[/quote]

I think we'll have to agree to disagree on the point that Whitman parents are on the exact same playing field financially as private school parents when it comes to being full-pay at an Ivy League school, or that FA can eliminate all problems. Since we lack SES data, and short of suggesting you enroll your kids at Whitman, I don't know how to convince you of the disparities that seem obvious to me.

To me, your suggestions that middle class families get FA (hello, HHI < 50k ) or grants at Harvard indicate that you're not serious about financial realities faced by the vast majority of families. You seem determined to ignore the vast mass of people below the upper tail of the income distribution, that end of the tail that lies above the $350k earned by most private school families. Sorry, but that's how you come across.

I do still want to disagree vehemently with your suggestion that "the strong students choose private schools." For so many reasons. Like not every smart kid can afford private school or qualify for FA. And there are plenty of strong kids at Whitman (or Northwood or WJ or wherever) and plenty of middling lifers at even the top K-12s. But that's just for the record, because I've given up trying to convince you that, for the vast middle class in this area, family finances actually play a huge role in decisions about private schools and colleges.

My last question: are you a school AD? Because I can't believe that anybody without a really serious investment in this question would be making the arguments you're making.

Good bye[/quote]

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