> You have a group of parents with money and a desire to educate their children in a particular way, so they went ahead and spent the necessary money and put in

> You have a group of parents with money and a desire to educate their children in a particular way, so they went ahead and spent the necessary money and put in the necessary time to make it happen. I don't even think it's a matter of money, but you nailed it on the head with the desire part. Some public schools actually get more funding than private ones... Private schools get to filter out applicants. They only get applicants from families that are interested in education (and willing to spend a little bit more on it than average) and they are allowed to expel students that are not compliant. That significantly lightens the teacher's workload and makes it easier for them to adapt. Keep in mind in a public school classroom there will be a percentage of kids that don't want to be there and that will disrupt at much as they can no matter what. And, thanks to the Pareto rule, probably get 80% of the teacher's attention and energy. Some magnets schools manages to bypass that, but they are slowly being shamed and bullied into not doing [0]. [0] https://thelowell.org/8815/news/board-of-education-announces-potential-changes-to-lowell-admissions-for-the-2021-22-school-year/ https://thelowell.org/8815/news/board-of-education-announces...