re: Private school vs Public School

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Religious schools are not on the same tier as a private school. They use the the “religious exception” to avoid traditional state standards in education.

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The state standards in Louisiana are utterly worthless. Parochial schools outperform public schools in Louisiana in every objective measurement without conforming to certain state requirements.

The vast majority of those standards have little to do with education and a lot to do with union conformity and protection.

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The state standards in Louisiana are utterly worthless. Parochial schools outperform public schools in Louisiana in every objective measurement without conforming to certain state requirements. The vast majority of those standards have little to do with education and a lot to do with union conformity and protection

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100% agree but my observation of Louisiana students has been academic success is predicted by family resources and commitment to education more so than institutional advantages.

I pulled my 12 yr old daughter out of Zachary middle and put her in private school. Best money I’ve spent.

Without reading comments I am just going to say this is a pretty broad question.

Not all schools, public and private are equal..

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Yes, the adults that went to Jesuit, Brother Martin, Dominican, and Mount Carmel are really struggling compared to public school peers 20 years after graduation.

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Now if we could control for family money in those comparisons…

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Now if we could control for family money in those comparisons…

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what do you mean by that?

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Its far easier to be successful if you come from successful parents. That isn’t really controversial

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And in most cases the school you attend won't matter that much unless it's really bad and drags the kid down

Too many of yall just automatically assume all privates are better than publics. That could not be further from the truth. There are 2 private schools in my area - neither can hold a candle academically to the 5 publics. There is a reason private school test scores are not released for every school.

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What would you say the % of bad off family situations is at Jesuit compared to East Jeff or McDonough 35?

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not sure - but the fact that kids who are bad off can go to Jesuit and become successful is the point

You need to weigh the fact if your child will make the most of private. Both my boys are 4.0 students but the oldest loves school and already knows he wants to go into Bio Engineering at 11. My youngest will live on my couch the rest of his life. I have thought about paying for the oldest to go to private because I know he will make the most of it. My other one I am not so sure. I went to Episcopal and didn’t take advantage of it.