Wealthy foreign born parents in NYC choose public education! (college, public schools, analysis)

[nana053]

The perspective of affluent parents from other countries is quite interesting.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/15/ny...1&ref=nyregion

In New York, the affluent typically send their children to private schools. But not the foreign-born affluent. In a divergence, a large majority of wealthy foreign-born New Yorkers are sending their children to public schools, according to an analysis of census data.

In the United States over all, there is almost no difference between the two groups, apparently because wealthy people outside of urban areas are much more likely to show allegiance to the public schools. Nationally, 73 percent of native-born couples and 76 percent of foreign-born couples send their children only to public school, according to the data, which was provided by Andrew A. Beveridge and Susan Weber-Stoger, demographers at Queens College.

[lhpartridge]

I'm glad you posted this. I read the article when it came out and thought it might be worth discussing.

Considering the recent release of the book "Bringing up Bébé", it shows that these parents are not interested in sheltering their children from the world, but instead teaching them to navigate the world, dangers and all.