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It depends on the school, in my opinion. Some private schools are great, but some of them only offer the very basic courses.
If there was a private school near me, I'd have put my son in it because the public school here is horrible and extremely underfunded. Instead, I chose to homeschool him.
Several dozen families in the county I live in do the same. You'd think that would send a message to the school district, but one of the reason's it's so horrible is that the whole district is run by one little clique who runs everything else in the county. And of course they're all knowing and if you don't kiss their asses, you don't get jack squat.
^For some reason I thing grumpy would do well at home schooling. Probably better than the experts.
Thanks, skylab. I've got a parent and several relatives who work in the education field, and have before myself, so that helps a lot. With experience and family in 'the know', you tend to see things a lot of others miss in regards to public or private schools. You also see a lot of the bureaucracy that drags things down.
Which is one of the main reasons my dad retired. He was in special education and had a very high position covering 5 school districts. When it got to the point where he couldn't hire who he thought was best for the job and had to battle red tape every time he wanted to do something for the kids in his program, he left. And I don't blame him one bit.
The government needs to take their noses out of education and let the states and localities handle it. They know what's best for local kids, not the big wigs in Washington.
A public school *is* a private school in the UK. And they're clearly better than state schools in terms of academic achievement.
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