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To: Proud_Infidel who wrote (218400)	2/14/2007 3:49:49 PM
From: epicure	Read Replies (1) of 281500

Fascinating. Private schools appear to have a greater problem with grade inflation than public schools. I guess that makes sense, since they would be more economically sensitive- as the people paying the bills probably expect that for the big bills, they should get the big grades. You may believe that public schools are a dumping ground, but that doesn't appear to be born out by any facts. I happened across this fascinating study, basically examining the methodology of another study: ksg.harvard.edu What struck me about this is how very small the advantage is, when you consider that private schools are composed of parents who have elected to go private in a system where public education is free, and where the public schools almost exclusively bear the burden of educating the physically and learning handicapped student. You would expect huge differences between public and private (or I would have). Oddly enough, the differences just aren't that huge. But I hate to mess with anyone's religion. So if you said "I believe..." in the same context as religious belief, I wouldn't want to mess with that.

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