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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would argue that the science curriculum is much stronger at their parochial school than an MCPS, which is a joke. Also, the language arts, writing and humanities are much stronger in the private schools. I will say that the kids at MCPS are further along in math, however, most of them do not have great foundational skills, and this comes and hurts them later on. I believe MCPS parents want to believe that their kids are getting a good education, but I can assure you,  starting in middle school, that is rarely the case. I also think if you look at the college attrition list even the better public schools, W Schools, at MCPS have gone down recently in terms of the schools kids have been getting into and the number of kids that used to get into play top universities. [/quote]

I think more private school parents want to believe that the majority of kids in public are suffering when this is not true holistically. The gaps that students are displaying that are seen  at the university level are seen from both public and private students. Really depends on the school they are coming from. However public students still seen more ready to adapt to circumstances as they have been training to do so.

I’d also add that attrition rates to colleges and universities nowadays has more to do with cost and overall competition. Public school students are competing against a greater pool.[/quote]

+1  My MCPS kid is doing more advanced math than our friend's kid who is at a 55K/year DMV private school.  You can say that my kid isn't taught properly and that the private school teachers were better, but his MCPS teachers have been excellent (even though class sizes were big). [/quote]

+2  Especially compared to parochial schools in Maryland, I prefer MCPS.  My kid has classmates from K-8 Catholic schools in his HS, and they're in the weak math classes. They just aren't as prepared.[/quote]

Look at the NMSF lists for Maryland.  Very few of the finalists are from private schools, except for Holton Arms, even after controlling for the smaller size of public schools.[/quote]

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