mrstickball said:
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From my understanding, the reason private schools are so much cheaper is because of what the money is not spent on ... You're unlikely to see state of the art equipment in private school classrooms that sits around unused because teachers haven't been trained how to use it, the teachers make less money with fewer benefits and have substantially less job security, the schools do not have fancy fitness facilities, and there are far fewer people in administrative positions.
Even with all those "negatives" private schools tend to attract the best teachers, in a large part because of the consequences of these limitations. Since these schools can get rid of the worst teachers, and they attract far fewer of the teachers who are motivated by the benefits of being a teacher, working for a private school means you have to spend less of your time trying to fix the mistakes of bad teachers. Since money is not being spent on high-tech equipment that sits unused there is often money available for textbooks and classroom supplies. While there are fitness programs within many of these private schools, the more basic fitness facilities demonstrates their focus on academics; and the fewer administrative positions are a demonstration that the schools are far less of a bureaucratic mess.
