Public Education is Better for Society than Private Education

Ok, pro is forgetting some key elements of a private schools that make them better for the student. Also remember that the premise of the debate is for you to prove that "public schools are generally better than private schools for the public". I'm proving that private schools are good for the public. 1. Private schools do not always promote different social classesYou have to understand the reasons parents send their kids to private schools. A huge amount of the reason is because of religion. The rich don't even send their kids to private schools as much as you think. It's about 1/8 of "rich" families choose private, and that's not rediculous. Also, look at this chart (1). Average Private School Tuition: 2011-12 All Levels Elementary Secondary K-12 Schools All Schools $10,740 $7,770 $13,030 $13,640 Catholic $6,890 $5,330 $9,790 $10,230 Other Religious $8,690 $7,960 $16,520 $8,160 Non-Sectarian $21,510 $18,170 $25,180 $22,440 You didn't even look at the religion aspect of private schools. That's the main reason kids go to private schools, and you only looked at the non-sectarian ones. Check out this chart (2). The overwelming majority for private school education is religion and the families that do sacrifice a lot to send their kids there. The classes aren't generated by the schools because of that. Sometimes, they can be torn down.2. Private schools generate a far better learning experienceYou are selectively including religious and non-sectarian private schools in your data when you need them. The reason that teachers take that paycut (especially at religious schools) is because of the religion element. They share religious beliefs with their students and can relate with them better. They choose to take the paycut because they care more about helping the kids, and there is obvious proof to this. Look at this chart (1). Private schools do better in all aspects except the last one, and that is excepted. Public schools should help kids with understanding kids from different backgrounds because they have more kids, and that means more diversity. They don't, as it's a tie.Also, kids at private schools do a lot better on the SAT (1): Saying that the private schools are less stellar in the learning experience is silly.Here's even more info about how much of a landslide in education quality all from source number 1 (1).Percent of kids at various levels in reading: Grade 4 Private Public Basic 82 67 Proficient 49 34 Advanced 14 8 Grade 8 Private Public Basic 91 77 Proficient 57 34 Advanced 10 4 Percent of kids at various levels in math: Grade 4 Private Public Basic 87 82 Proficient 48 41 Advanced 9 8 Grade 8 Private Public Basic 83 73 Proficient 47 34 Advanced 14 8 For all other subjects it's more of the same landslide except in most cases, more extreme.3. The option of private schools give parents flexibilityParents can choose whether they want to take a sacrifice in their lives or not in order to get a better education experience. Since most reasons for the private school is religious, then the option is certainly helpful. Parents who are religious often want their kids to be in that enviroment, and that creates less controversy between kids at schools. Also, some kids do better in a smaller class. Maybe their personality fits that better. 80.5% of parents who send their kids to private schools think that the smaller class size is important (3), so I'd say that aspect gives flexibility as well.Conclusion:The benefit in education quality, the connection between the students and teachers, and the flexibility all point to the existence of private schools being a positive to society. It also all points to there being a huge benefit of private schools versus public.(1) http://www.capenet.org... (2) http://nces.ed.gov...;(3) http://eagnews.org...;