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Anonymous wrote:There is plenty of bad behavior in prestigious private schools documented in the press: ncs, Sidwell, Maret, Landon, to name a few.

There is bad teenage behavior at most high schools after school hours , but what you are referring to is not in the class room. The difference is that private schools are more likely to expel or suspend kids, even for off grounds behavior.

Yes, this isn’t about character of kids writ large but impact as the classroom level. I don’t think Big 3 kids are necessarily of better character or better humans than the at-risk kids at our prior Title1 school. But they do have different impacts the academic climate.

Exactly. I'm not arguing that kids that go to private school have better character, but under current policies, public schools have an inability to remove kids with behavioral issues from the classroom. Private schools can screen before admitting, and then, counsel out or expel if necessary.

This is true at many privates (not all of course) too when the parents are big donors. Money covers up a lot. I’ve known kids who got kicked out of public schools for behavior and so went to private schools. There their bad behavior was ignored because of money.

Didn’t happen, impossible to get kicked out of public school. Nice try though.

I teach at DCPS and my kid goes to a private. Expulsion is a thing in public.
At our private, the school coaches out or exits children who have behavior issues AND are POC’s. But there have been some very problematic little white boys who seem to get all the chances in the world.

When my kids went to private school, there were some big donor families, also families with multiple kids/tuition payments at the school, who got all the chances in the world. I'm sure racism is a factor, too.

In our family’s experience, the situation has been almost the opposite. The school’s emphasis on racial and gender diversity is so pronounced that white boys are sometimes treated less fairly or judged more harshly. I have several children at the school, and I have noticed a significant difference between the way my daughter and my son are treated.

For example, when my son was seven years old, I received a call from the administration because he was not passing the ball to a girl during a game. I was told that this was “clearly gender discrimination.” On another occasion, when he was in first grade, he said that he did not understand how someone could be a man while identifying as a woman. He was reprimanded, and the school told me that his comment could offend members of the community who are transgender or who have transgender parents.

I fully support teaching children to respect others and creating an inclusive school environment. However, inclusion should not mean automatically interpreting ordinary childhood behavior, confusion, or honest questions as prejudice or discrimination. Young children need room to learn, ask questions, and make mistakes. All children should be treated with the same fairness, patience, and understanding, regardless of their race, sex, gender identity, or background.

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Anonymous wrote:There is plenty of bad behavior in prestigious private schools documented in the press: ncs, Sidwell, Maret, Landon, to name a few.

There is bad teenage behavior at most high schools after school hours , but what you are referring to is not in the class room. The difference is that private schools are more likely to expel or suspend kids, even for off grounds behavior.

Yes, this isn’t about character of kids writ large but impact as the classroom level. I don’t think Big 3 kids are necessarily of better character or better humans than the at-risk kids at our prior Title1 school. But they do have different impacts the academic climate.

Exactly. I'm not arguing that kids that go to private school have better character, but under current policies, public schools have an inability to remove kids with behavioral issues from the classroom. Private schools can screen before admitting, and then, counsel out or expel if necessary.

This is true at many privates (not all of course) too when the parents are big donors. Money covers up a lot. I’ve known kids who got kicked out of public schools for behavior and so went to private schools. There their bad behavior was ignored because of money.

Didn’t happen, impossible to get kicked out of public school. Nice try though.

I teach at DCPS and my kid goes to a private. Expulsion is a thing in public.
At our private, the school coaches out or exits children who have behavior issues AND are POC’s. But there have been some very problematic little white boys who seem to get all the chances in the world.

When my kids went to private school, there were some big donor families, also families with multiple kids/tuition payments at the school, who got all the chances in the world. I'm sure racism is a factor, too.

In our family’s experience, the situation has been almost the opposite. The school’s emphasis on racial and gender diversity is so pronounced that white boys are sometimes treated less fairly or judged more harshly. I have several children at the school, and I have noticed a significant difference between the way my daughter and my son are treated.

For example, when my son was seven years old, I received a call from the administration because he was not passing the ball to a girl during a game. I was told that this was “clearly gender discrimination.” On another occasion, when he was in first grade, he said that he did not understand how someone could be a man while identifying as a woman. He was reprimanded, and the school told me that his comment could offend members of the community who are transgender or who have transgender parents.

I fully support teaching children to respect others and creating an inclusive school environment. However, inclusion should not mean automatically interpreting ordinary childhood behavior, confusion, or honest questions as prejudice or discrimination. Young children need room to learn, ask questions, and make mistakes. All children should be treated with the same fairness, patience, and understanding, regardless of their race, sex, gender identity, or background.

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Anonymous wrote:There is plenty of bad behavior in prestigious private schools documented in the press: ncs, Sidwell, Maret, Landon, to name a few.

There is bad teenage behavior at most high schools after school hours , but what you are referring to is not in the class room. The difference is that private schools are more likely to expel or suspend kids, even for off grounds behavior.

Yes, this isn’t about character of kids writ large but impact as the classroom level. I don’t think Big 3 kids are necessarily of better character or better humans than the at-risk kids at our prior Title1 school. But they do have different impacts the academic climate.

Exactly. I'm not arguing that kids that go to private school have better character, but under current policies, public schools have an inability to remove kids with behavioral issues from the classroom. Private schools can screen before admitting, and then, counsel out or expel if necessary.

This is true at many privates (not all of course) too when the parents are big donors. Money covers up a lot. I’ve known kids who got kicked out of public schools for behavior and so went to private schools. There their bad behavior was ignored because of money.

Didn’t happen, impossible to get kicked out of public school. Nice try though.

I teach at DCPS and my kid goes to a private. Expulsion is a thing in public.
At our private, the school coaches out or exits children who have behavior issues AND are POC’s. But there have been some very problematic little white boys who seem to get all the chances in the world.

When my kids went to private school, there were some big donor families, also families with multiple kids/tuition payments at the school, who got all the chances in the world. I'm sure racism is a factor, too.