Baltimore county high schools offer an average of 24-30 AP classes in each school depending on interest level and are able to offer even more - just the fine arts alone there are close to 40 AP classes that any school can offer. . Howard County high schools offer 36.. BL currently offers 14 AP classes.
Please don't present actual data that contradicts the illusion of superiority that these people pay a lot of money for.
Public school education in this country is so awful, that we don't even rank within the top 20 countries in the world. The government is not capable of providing world class education. Congratulations if you take an AP course at a public school that is in a pool of schools that are not collectively good enough to be ranked in the top 20 in the world. If this was any other industry in the world, the leaders would be fired. Your public school is 3rd world compared to any local private school, and your kid being one of the smarter kids in it, doesn't make it any better.
Per US News - Maryland has more nationally ranked public high schools than any other state. Did not find one Bawlmer school in comparable lists of best private schools...just sayin' [/quote]
Do you actually make this crap up as you go along or just dream it and believe it to be fact? Either way, you are so far off base with the public superior to private. You really have an agenda and the more you open your mouth the more obvious it becomes.[/quote]
It is interesting that the private school poster has not been able to offer one fact and offers only insults yet the supporter of public schools has offered several verifiable references. Folks like to believe that if they are paying more for something that it must be better.
There are some great things about private school in this area, but that does not translate into necessarily having the sole advantage in academics. Athletics as a whole are better although there are great athletes in public school but not as many located in one school because many privates also offer scholarships to bring players to them which is not possible with public. Holding back is not possible either nor are coaches permitted access to their teams year round.
Another tidbit not already shared...the two public school systems noted above require their teachers to have actual teaching degrees and the number of mastered teachers are much higher than the majority of privates in this area - many who do not require teaching credentials at all.
If you are happy with your choice for your child then great but the general tone of this board has been that private is superior to public and that public school attendees are only in public school due to economics and that is simply not true. It is a personal choice based on what is better for your family. So let's move back to another topic...
