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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP- we are in the same place as your. Our kiddo went to a private nursery school and is now in a charter for PK3. We're going to start private next year. I agree with a PP who said it's easier to move them when they are younger. I don't want to wait for behavioral issues to start before moving DD. We want to just avoid it all the way.

[b]I also see private school kids being exposed to academic areas (especially science) starting in PK that public school kids aren't getting until middle school[/b].[/quote]

And yet, by HS, the top public schools spank the privates in STEM. [/quote]

Are we talking magnet programs? There aren't that many of them period, and some areas have zero. If you happen to have a kid's aptitude for science has manifested in middle school AND you live in a district with a magnet or exam school AND your kid gets lucky in the admissions process ... then sure, that's an excellent option. But that's not most people.

In any case, you can't generalize across all schools, public or private. There's no standard measure and two schools can have great STEM teachers, while emphasizing totally different things. (Some schools really like math competitions, others don't do them at all.)[/quote]

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