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Originally Posted by Scucca  I doubt private school's value added. They get a relatively homogeneous school population and merely get to press the same buttons of conformity.
I get to deal with the extremes though (i.e. Eton types) and that might have ensured bias. However, I do think the evidence available does tend to show greater value added from comprehensive public school education where choice is minimised. |
What are you basing this on? Nothing I've ever seen would indicate that the homogeneity is the only factor (or even a significant factor) in the quality of public and private schools. The vast, vast majority of the difference stems from the additional resources, increased education times, quality teachers, and improved guidance.
Where I grew up, pretty much every school outside of the few city schools was homogeneous. 95%+ white, regardless of whether it was public or private. The difference between the schools was the teachers, the offerings, the school day, the parental involvement, etc. Kids from the private schools had significantly higher test scores and success rates than kids from the public schools.
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