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by toofy 2629 days ago
> And doing so would be a net loss of value. Making people less educated doesn't help anyone.

There are a tremendous amount of public schools which give incredible educations. Much of the value of private schools is in social capital. While we can certainly point to the education levels of the worst of public schools and compare them with the best of private schools, the resume boost from a private school and the networks which are formed amongst parents and students have a much bigger impact on where a student lands than the actual differences in educations received.

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Prove it. Show the evidence that private primary schools perform no better than public schools.