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I agree that a factor in private vs. public is location.
Here in Georgia, a person does not have to be certified in order to teach at many private schools. Besides that, historically many of these private schools were founded once integration started in an effort for Whites to keep their children out of the newly-integrated schools. Of course most of them may be diverse now, but being a transplant here that still doesn't sit too well with me.
I personally would not want to put my future children in either public or private schools here in the Atlanta area because everything has gotten too damn political. I taught briefly in DeKalb County and my ex-wife still teaches there. It is amazing how far schools have strayed from their true purpose these days. At the end of the day, the children are supposed to learn. However, many school districts and parents are worried about the wrong stuff. For example, when DeKalb wanted to put uniforms in place for high school students, the parents protested because they felt it would take away from their kids' "individuality". Hell, if wearing a uniform will allow my child to be more concerned with doing their work than with keeping up with the Joneses then I don't see the issue with it.
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