<p>And yet, the American public as a whole don’t agree with you, mhmm: [In</a> U.S., Private Schools Get Top Marks for Educating Children](<a href=“In U.S., Private Schools Get Top Marks for Educating Children”>In U.S., Private Schools Get Top Marks for Educating Children)
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<p>The NYT op-ed piece focused on the elite schools. The basic question would be, “should billionaires pay more?” In trying to answer that question, I think of the Concorde. (Any kids reading the Parents’ Forum: look it up. 
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<p>Now, the Concorde was arguably much better than the competition: faster. It was also much more expensive. It catered to a very small percentage of travelers. At the end, the airlines were apparently filling seats with discounts. </p>
<p>You can’t buy a ticket on the Concorde today. The people who used to fly Concorde are today flying first class, or their own jets. So, people are paying much more than they need to to cross the Atlantic. The private jet owners may even be paying much more than the Concorde tickets would have cost. The Concorde wasn’t “worth it” to its clientele. </p>
<p>The very, very few parents who could contemplate paying $100,000 for 1, 2, 3, 4 children without flinching have other options. At a certain price point, it would cost less to hire tutors (return to the old days!) I hear the schools in Palo Alto, Greenwich, Weston, etc. are not bad.</p>