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<p>If indeed they can get an equal or better education at the public school, then yes. But many public schools are sad jokes, and if a parent is stuck with one of those, then money spent on a better private school is money well spent. There is an enormous range of quality in elementary and secondary education - and a much narrower one at the college level. </p>
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<p>Based on what criteria, and what evidence?</p>