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The average private school costs quite a lot less than the average public school. You could spend about half as much per student and still get safer kids and ha
by glenra 12y ago
The average private school costs quite a lot less than the average public school. You could spend about half as much per student and still get safer kids and happier parents.
So what "external costs" are you thinking of? Going to a private school does involve travel, but so does going to your assigned public school. Depending on how the district lines are drawn and how centralized the district is, the trip might even be shorter.
- opendais 12y agoSource? When my ex girlfriend was shopping around for a private school the private schools in the area were both: A) More expensive (by about $3-5k/year) than what the local district spends. B) Were generally further and didn't provide a bus to pick the kids/drop them off at that distance.
- glenra 12y agoDid you consider religious schools? Catholic schools are ubiquitous and tend to dramatically pull down the average. According to stats collected at http://www.edreform.com/2012/04/k-12-facts/ http://www.edreform.com/2012/04/k-12-facts/ : AVERAGE DISTRICT PUBLIC SCHOOL PER PUPIL EXPENDITURE: $13,041 AVERAGE PRIVATE SCHOOL TUITION: $8,549 AVERAGE CATHOLIC SCHOOL TUITION: $6,018
- opendais 12y agoI'm uncertain why you expect anyone to send people to Catholic schools "because cheaper"? Not everyone is Catholic.
- glenra 12y ago>I'm uncertain why you expect anyone to send people to Catholic schools "because cheaper"? Cheaper, better, and/or safer, yes. Sometimes it's the best available option. > Not everyone is Catholic. Sure, but not everyone who attends Catholic schools is Catholic. Lots of Jews, atheists, and agnostics attend Catholic schools. How difficult that is to do depends on the school. In general, yes, the schools will be teaching some stuff your family doesn't believe...but that'd be true for public schools too, no matter what your beliefs are. Heck, having the irrationality in the curriculum be so blatant might produce more healthy skepticism in the kids than when the irrationality takes the more subtle forms it does in public schools!
- opendais 12y agoIt seems your motivations are primarily religious so I'm bowing out of this conversation.
- glenra 12y agoI'm an atheist, FWIW. Perhaps I did a bad job of correcting you when you kept jumping to conclusions above, but whatever my motivations are doesn't change the fact that the average private school costs less than the average public one. :-)
- opendais 12y agoYou ignore a bunch of things in your process and generally use misleading numbers that fit your worldview.
- joeclark77 12y agoWhy not, "because better"?