What is “critical thinking” and how private schools do better teaching it?

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@jonri In comparing admission rates to tippy top colleges from private and public schools, you need to discount “hooked” candidates IF your child won’t have that hook. …

All excellent points. It would be interesting to see data on whether the unhooked kids at elite privates fare any better in the college admissions game than similar kids at good public high schools.