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Originally posted by Bad_Rich_Chic
I believe that private schools are usually more costly and charter schools slightly more costly than public schools, but that parochial schools are much, much less costly, like 1/2 to 1/3 of the average public school cost per student. I'll hunt around half-heartedly for some cite, but that's my recollection of the data I've seen in the last few years. And it's not entirely surprising - free nuns, after all.
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So I found this cite for the proposition:
- Private schools also achieve these results with fewer resources. According to the Department of Education, the average cost nationwide of all private K-8 private and parochial school tuition is $2,300, almost a third the average public school cost of $6,800.
http://www.pioneerinstitute.org/rese...constamend.cfm
Of course, this essay doesn't give a cite for the data, and follows with this completely absurd statement, so I'm still taking it with a grain of salt:
- America has no shortage of gifted teachers or eager students.
And I'd note that the statistic compares apples to oranges. It's comparing tuition on one hand against cost of education on the other.
If significant numbers start moving to private schools, those tuition costs are going to go up, because despite assertions to the contrary, there is a shortage of gifted teachers in America, and private schools will have to compete more for that talent. And their endowments will be stretched more to cover more students.
