In Defense of Private Schools

Private Schools Are Indefensible

The gulf between how rich kids and poor kids are educated in America is obscene, Caitlin Flanagan argued in April.

As a public-school student in a district where 78 percent of our nearly 50,000 students are low-income, I find the facts in Caitlin Flanagan’s article hard to hear and even harder to ignore. The past school year has furthered the inequity between private and public schools. Again and again, public-school students are getting the short end of the stick. How can we compete with those who have been learning in person for slots at selective colleges that prioritize rich and legacy students? If private-school parents were really worried “that their kids will be emerging into a bleaker