Public School Advantage: Why Public Schools Outperform Private Schools.

Public or private school? It turns out that more expensive isn't always best.

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Warren Buffett, the billionaire investor, went to public school.

That's right, the latest data says that public schools actually outperform their costlier private peer institutions. University of Illinois professors Christopher and Sarah Lubienski published that surprising finding in their book, "The Public School Advantage: Why Public Schools Outperform Private Schools."

According to their research, students at private schools generally do well because they come from wealthy backgrounds and families with more advantages. But public schools are actually better when it comes to teaching math and keeping their teachers trained in the latest instructional methods.

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