Private School Resurgence

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Private Education's Appeal

New Popularity With Urban Middle Class

Once thought of as a luxury few families could afford, a private education is coming to be considered a middle-class necessity. Many parents who might otherwise have sent their children to public elementary and secondary schools as a matter of course are now enrolling them in private schools. The new interest in private education is largely the result of growing dissatisfaction over the declining standards of achievement and discipline reported in the nation's public school systems. Traditionally, private institutions have stressed high academic requirements and instruction in moral values, qualities some parents believe are not emphasized enough in the public classrooms.

The shortcomings of public schools, particularly inner-city schools, have been widely publicized, as have the advantages of ...

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