The average spending isn't much affected by private schools. Not like you seem to think. No billionaires are spending $10million/year on their kindergarteners.

Public spending per pupil is quite high, when federal and state funding are both considered. Public students aren't being underfunded. The money's just not buying what you think it buys. Is that difficult to believe?

> I have not said that,

I don't know how to parse your first comment other than that. I don't want to live in the same country as someone who would deny my children the education I would provide for them, so that they can be turned into imbeciles in public schools. This is a deeply important issue for me. I will never allow mine to go near a public school.

There is no balance to strike. Let those who wish to do so, go their own way.