[Salman]

Many private pre-schools have excellent pre-k programs that do a far better job than public pre-k schools in preparing children for kindergarten (public or otherwise). My wife is the director of one of these fine schools, and she will put her results up against any public program.

I think you missed my point.

Certainly I'd rather put a child in a private school that any public (government) school. But is your wife's school designed to prepare children for public school?

[Truth Addict]

I think you missed my point.

I didn't miss your point, that's why I put "public or otherwise" in parenthesis.

The academic demands of public kindergarten are typically much lower than those of private schools, so a child who attended a good private pre-school should be better prepared for either a public or private kindergarten.

Is there some specific difference that you are alluding to that requires a different type of preparation for public K?