今天SMH的首页money版有篇关于private school的文章，全文连接： http://www.smh.com.au/money/inve ... 20111015-1lq8g.html， 涉及私校优劣，return on investment，如何funding。
摘录一些主要的points
＊ After all, a year 7 student starting next year will cost $215,000 by year 12 if school fees keep rising at an annual rate of 6 per cent.
* Based on the "ample evidence" that private-school students will earn more "and are more likely to get top jobs", it calculated that "the average net return to investment in a private school education was 7 per cent for boarders and 13 per cent for day students".
＊ Above the fact that private school pupils were spending their school lives enjoying facilities normally far better than those available in state schools, these pupils benefited through improved pay in later life, and the financial return is broadly comparable (and probably higher) than returns on other capital."
＊ The bad news is the study was done 30 years ago and covered the 1970s when real private school fees were lower.
＊ It found public, yes public, schools produced better maths students than private ones.
＊ What gives the study cachet is that by only looking at the results for maths, it got around the problems of literacy being influenced by the home environment, other students, culture and even whether the school is in the city or the country.
＊ let's try a 2007 study. The Center of Education Policy (CEP) in the US reported in Time magazine: "Contrary to popular belief, we can find no evidence that private schools actually increase student performance.
Then it added "instead, it appears that private schools simply have higher percentages of students who would perform well in any environment based on their previous performance and background". Great. When private schools do better, it has nothing to do with them. But here's something to hang your hat on. "It appears private schools do more to develop students' critical-thinking abilities," the CEP says.
* Parents I know choose a school for lots of different reasons, ranging from how much they value religious instruction to the size of classes and even future business contacts. What they don't like to say too loudly is they don't want their kids mixing with the riff raff, preferring the educational equivalent of a gated community.
Don't be embarrassed, economists are on your side. In a submission to the Gonski inquiry into education funding, Deloitte Access Economics says the socio-economic background of the students is one of the most important influences on what it calls, yikes, "educational outcomes".
A high socio-economic background lifts all pupils, while a lower one drags everybody closer to the lowest common denominator.
可以确认的是fee的增长速度远高于inflation，
不能确认的是：毕业后找到好工作的比例，学习成绩好坏，是否全面发展，社会圈子
公校，私校永远是个没有结论的命题， 适合别人的不一定适合你，不适合别人的未必不适合你。只有选择了，才知道合不合适。
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没有结论的话题。
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