[lbo-talk] Rich prefer public schools?

Wojtek S wsoko52 at gmail.com
Wed Feb 15 07:11:55 PST 2012


Chuck: "least $150,000 in household income"

[WS:] That does not strike me as very rich - it sounds pretty middle class, say a household of two school teachers, or two government employees, or a college prof and an office worker, etc. It is more appropriate to interpret it that the professional class prefers public education, which sociologically makes perfect sense.

The rich, which is a seven digit income +, most likely prefer private schools but they are very few of them, the 1% if you will, to make any difference in such statistics.

A related topic - playing a populist card in discussing education in the US is a sure way to end on the right wing side of the debate.

Wojtek



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