> Why is this so given that private school teachers on average are paid less than public school teachers. If you have the parents behind you, you have a tremen

> Why is this so given that private school teachers on average are paid less than public school teachers. If you have the parents behind you, you have a tremendous advantage. If you have a lot of well-educated, prosperous parents behind you, still more, and the effect carries over to some degree to the students whose parents may be less prosperous or educated, but still organized enough to get their kids into the private school.