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Do private schools actually offer better education than in a public school?  Or is the education the same?

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TeacherParent
TeacherParent September 2, 2009
Re: Do priate schools actually serve better education than in public schools?
Comparing schools is very difficult to do and to generalize about schools leads to inaccurate conclusions. Safe to say, private schools and public schools are different but to say that one is better than the other isn't a safe statement.
And for which child? No school is the right school for every child and each child is different from the next. Indeed, each school is different from the next.
And what is a 'better education'? We hardly have a common opinion about that.
It is a very different experience to attend a private school that to attend a public school but to say that one is better than the other for every child can't be said.
Child_Of_Ra
Child_Of_Ra August 21, 2009
Re: Do priate schools actually serve better education than in public schools?
It really depends on the schools. Not all public schools are created equally and neither are private schools. You can't compare apples to oranges except to say they're all fruit. Private vs Public = They're all schools... Don't know which one's better until you look at the individual schools.

I've been to 5 Private schools and 2 Public schools (before college). They were all very different from each other. Only 1 of the private schools was good academically but socially it was awful with lots of bullying. The other 4 private schools were rife with bullying, poor academics, abusive teachers and staff and lack of school activities like sports or extracurriculars. The 2 public schools were also different from each other. One was mediocre in academics and full of bullies, and the other was excellent across the board.

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