As a private school parent, I can say it (can be) a significantly better experience. I’m sure there’s different forms of poop you’ll be stepping in, but in general with my experience there poverty factor is removed (affluence has its own problems, but luckily they don’t tend to show up in the classroom) and the biggest key is the parents are engaged. Instead of blaming teachers for our kids failures, we partner with them to ensure success.

I am a firm believer that (lack of) parenting is the problem that most affects the other learning environments negatively. Parents are the key to any meaningful change. Parents should be responsible for all of it. Teachers are convenient scapegoats of bad parents.