the bossman
Superstar
My folks had me in private school since 4th grade. Looking back I think it was a waste and wasn't really worth it until you hit high school years. That's where it really counts.
Private school for black children
- Thread starter Amerikan Melanin
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Private school is definitely worth it.
I was private schooled, my private school was in the burbs outside of Philly, but they helped a lot of kids attend with scholarship money and stuff
The black kids came from a range of backgrounds, some from the worst parts of Philly some with rich ass PhD parents, we all went to good universities We keep our gc alive with about 15 of us, in that group you have 2 Harvard, Princeton, Northwestern, Cornell, BU, Carnegie Mellon, etc.
I know really smart kids who went to other high schools, some smarter than us with better test scores and stuff, but our school's name held weight with universities and that goes a much longer way than people realize.
It's a major advantage.
I was private schooled, my private school was in the burbs outside of Philly, but they helped a lot of kids attend with scholarship money and stuff
The black kids came from a range of backgrounds, some from the worst parts of Philly some with rich ass PhD parents, we all went to good universities We keep our gc alive with about 15 of us, in that group you have 2 Harvard, Princeton, Northwestern, Cornell, BU, Carnegie Mellon, etc.
I know really smart kids who went to other high schools, some smarter than us with better test scores and stuff, but our school's name held weight with universities and that goes a much longer way than people realize.
It's a major advantage.
Tiffrock
All Star
What school?
Isaiah Bradley
Banned
Public school with money towards private tutors > private school
sayyestothis
Free the guys
Send them to private. A dad to a dad.
Public in NO WAY is better. Ever. It's true u get what u pay for.
Don t short ur talented blessed kids.
Public in NO WAY is better. Ever. It's true u get what u pay for.
Don t short ur talented blessed kids.
Spend on them
... they are the future... your future ...
How they end up is up to you to a great extent ...
It's a better environment to generalize ...
Safer to generalize
Small more focused classes and better resources
Plus the right school will motivate them to soar in life...
... they are the future... your future ...
How they end up is up to you to a great extent ...
It's a better environment to generalize ...
Safer to generalize
Small more focused classes and better resources
Plus the right school will motivate them to soar in life...
NaijaProdigy Redux
Veteran
I went to private and boarding schools.
It was worth it. I still tap into the alumni network.
It was worth it. I still tap into the alumni network.
Isaiah Bradley
Banned
I would say test scores and extra curriculum matters more, complimented by afterschoool/weekend school programs
Amerikan Melanin
Veteran
Btw Trump just changed the law so parents can use 529 money for elementary schools also. 
You can have all of that at a good school, and those schools do a better job of providing the opportunities to bump up your resume. My school had 1/3rd of the graduating class attend Ivy League schools, so not even counting the kids who went to MIT, Stanford, Northeastern Vanderbilt, etc. and I know kids who went to a phenomenal public school with better grades, extracurriculars, test scores, all of that and got rejected by the top universities our A-B students got into.
At a top university, it's clear how many of the other kids went to great high schools and there are a lot of kids here with tons of other kids from their high schools who got in.
Sunalmighty
Superstar
100% facts key word is IF though.
staticshock
Veteran
As an educator who has worked in public, charter and private schools, I highly recommend sending them to private school.
There is no way in the hell I will send my kids to a public school when I have them.
There is no way in the hell I will send my kids to a public school when I have them.