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"And you suggest that only inner city kids aren't getting a good education in math and science."

Yes I am, I know plenty of kids that are not from the inner city that are not getting good educations in math, science, english, history, etc.

"Your ignorance is showing."

Really, how do you figure that? If you think that our kids are getting quality education from public schools, then you are the one that is ignorant.

"Really, how do you figure that? If you think that our kids are getting quality education from public schools, then you are the one that is ignorant."

Painting with a broad brush like this is the true ignorance. There are, in fact, public schools (look at some select schools in Norhtern Virginia) that are better than any private ones. There are also some very bad ones.

I have a daughter who will be leaving soon for college. Three years ago I talked with two college admissions officers I know personally and asked them about a private school she had just been accepted into and the public school she would go to. Both officers, one from a good state school and one from a HIGHLY competitive private university, said she would get just as good an education at the public high school (in the advanced program) and that going to the private one would not give her an admissions advantage. We decided to save the $8,000 per year for college and haven't regretted it.