[JohnSmithee]

"By the way, I disagree that you get a better education at private schools. We had some kids transfer in to my high school from private schools and god, were they ever stupid."

I went to a private school my final year of high school. It was a mixture of the children of the rich, gifted students, or those being offloaded by their parents. It really was a superior place to get an education.

[CMClay]

I went to a private school my final year of high school. It was a mixture of the children of the rich, gifted students, or those being offloaded by their parents. It really was a superior place to get an education.

I had just the opposite experience here in Texas.
I went to 2 different private schools, and had to go to a private tutor for math. No teachers at the private schools were any help. Then I went to public school my last two years and had excellent teachers.
My guess is that it's the inner-city schools that have the biggest problems.