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[quote=Anonymous]I am not the OP, but we did both public and private. The main benefit of public is the cost. But that can be shaded different ways. If you live in the "best" public school district you are getting a better education than someone in the worst, usually. But living in those districts can be very expensive (Arlington, Bethesda etc). And there are also bad private schools. But if you were to compare directly, equally ranked schools, then I would say that private is more inspiring and in depth, simply because the classes are smaller, the teacher can pay more attention to each student, and they are not bound by testing, common core, and other ideas that are placed randomly upon the school system. Publics overall have less control. Privates have to answer to the students and parents in a much more direct way. If it is not working, students will leave. Parents expect something for their tuition after all. But few people really dive in and out of the system and each child only goes through a grade once. So it is difficult to judge whether that child would have done the same in a different environment.  Whether it is worth the money to each person is a function of how much money they have. For some it is a big sacrifice, and for others its just another expense.
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