Reply #159: Private schools are NOT proven.

[alcuno]

In order for that to be true, they would have to be operating under the same circumstances as public schools. Think back to science classes. To determine the impact of one change, everything else has to be the same. Private schools do not have to operate under the same circumstances as public schools.

I'd love to see a private school open for special needs or disadvantaged students. But no, that's who they want to leave in the public schools. And them, after selecting their student body, some want to give them public money to do so.

If you gave me 25 students of average to above average intelligence whose parents supported them and were involved in their education, I could teach them anything with nothing more than a pencil and a piece of paper. What exactly does that prove?