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		arethuza on March 19, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: What Americans Keep Ignoring About Finland's Schoo... The use of "school" here is about primary and secondary education, not University/College level tertiary education.

penny500 on March 19, 2013 [–]

So? My point still stands. The best secondary schools, like Andover, Exeter, Harvard-Westlake, St. Paul's, Horace Mann, to name a few, are privately-run.

arethuza on March 19, 2013 | [–]

I wasn't disagreeing with your point, merely pointing out that in this context those were poor examples.

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