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This is definitely not the case for public schools in CA, for the most part. That's why I'm basically forced to sending my children to private schools at consi

This is definitely not the case for public schools in CA, for the most part. That's why I'm basically forced to sending my children to private schools at considerable cost ($30k/yr/child).

hkmurakami 9y ago
Yes the schools themselves have a high variance distribution in what they are like and who they seek to serve.
screye 9y ago
Wait ! Private schools in the US cost $30k a year ?! I am assuming you are talking about K12 education. That is pretty absurd.
- smsm42 9y ago
  Public schools also cost about $20k/year/pupil (I wrote $30 before but looks like I was mistaken). But this is paid from general budget so nobody cares too much, because tax money obviously aren't real money.
  - smsm42 9y ago
    Cato claims these figures are grossly under-estimated though [1] and the real costs may be twice as much. [1] https://www.cato.org/publications/policy-analysis/they-spend-what-real-cost-public-schools https://www.cato.org/publications/policy-analysis/they-spend...
- lawtguy 9y ago
  I also live in California and I also send my child to a private school which costs upwards of 30k. California currently spends about 10k per student for public education. That makes 30k sound crazy, but in 1970 California spent 5500 which is about 35k in 2017 dollars. California (and most of the US) is woefully underfunding it's schools.
pnutjam 9y ago
My Midwest school does, but it's usually rated as one of the better ones in the state. Someone up thread seemed to think the average student of another country would blow away the average US student. I don't think this is true. The US pays lip service to universal education more then most other countries. Unfortunately we don't follow through on it and this leaves a large enough number of substandard schools to make a significant impact on US test averages. The sad fact is the tail end of these averages are so bad they bring down the score, but the "average" for the majority of US students is much higher. This stratification of education is probably a significant contributor to the stratification of wealth in the US, and it's not OK.

This is definitely not the case for public schools in CA, for the most part. That's why I'm basically forced to sending my children to private schools at considerable cost ($30k/yr/child).

hkmurakami 9y ago

Yes the schools themselves have a high variance distribution in what they are like and who they seek to serve.

screye 9y ago

Wait ! Private schools in the US cost $30k a year ?! I am assuming you are talking about K12 education. That is pretty absurd.

smsm42 9y ago
Public schools also cost about $20k/year/pupil (I wrote $30 before but looks like I was mistaken). But this is paid from general budget so nobody cares too much, because tax money obviously aren't real money.
- smsm42 9y ago
  Cato claims these figures are grossly under-estimated though [1] and the real costs may be twice as much. [1] https://www.cato.org/publications/policy-analysis/they-spend-what-real-cost-public-schools https://www.cato.org/publications/policy-analysis/they-spend...
lawtguy 9y ago
I also live in California and I also send my child to a private school which costs upwards of 30k. California currently spends about 10k per student for public education. That makes 30k sound crazy, but in 1970 California spent 5500 which is about 35k in 2017 dollars. California (and most of the US) is woefully underfunding it's schools.

pnutjam 9y ago

My Midwest school does, but it's usually rated as one of the better ones in the state. Someone up thread seemed to think the average student of another country would blow away the average US student. I don't think this is true. The US pays lip service to universal education more then most other countries. Unfortunately we don't follow through on it and this leaves a large enough number of substandard schools to make a significant impact on US test averages. The sad fact is the tail end of these averages are so bad they bring down the score, but the "average" for the majority of US students is much higher. This stratification of education is probably a significant contributor to the stratification of wealth in the US, and it's not OK.