And in public, they do gage how many people leave for private and make changes as necessary so in this way leaving public has the same effect as private. If either aren't doing well, they both try to change, however the private is the only school that can limit who is enrolled.

There are much bigger issues with school than the occasional bad teacher. I'm not sure why people are focussing on this so much. Make the teacher's work reasonable through decent pay, materials, and workload, and most parents will be ok with schools.

There are bad teachers in public and private. Private actually gives parents less control especially if the private is doing well. They won't change the curriculum, teachers, training, or facility just because it doesn't work for your child. We've done that and had to work with a very small pta, parents who were more interested in status than education, administration who was more interested in marketing and hiding problems with bullying or curriculum or teachers. There is no public mechanism to complain about private schools other than leaving. In public both teachers and parents have a voice and all spending is made public. There is a private schools link here where people are complaining all the time about issues. They don't go away and no private will take the esol kid at 15 who reads at a 1st grade level, or the down syndrome child without public funding, or the poor kid who can't even pay for pencils. Public is the best way for parents to have a voice and for all children in the u.s. to be educated.

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Anonymous wrote:Sorry lady, but the public schools are just fine without you and your kids. In fact...
Thanks for paying taxes and not sending your kids. More resources for the rest of us.

Yep, those kids in an elementary school classroom who are getting yelled at and humiliated are getting a stellar education. Go public schools!

No clue what you are talking about, and neither do my friends or neighbors.

Anonymous wrote:Sorry lady, but the public schools are just fine without you and your kids. In fact...
Thanks for paying taxes and not sending your kids. More resources for the rest of us.

Yep, those kids in an elementary school classroom who are getting yelled at and humiliated are getting a stellar education. Go public schools!