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> The fact is that roughly 82% of Sudbury students go on to college compared to 63% of public school students nationwide.

The comparison of a private school in Massachusetts (Sudbury) with public schools nationwide is poor.

And this is the single statistic on which the thrust of the article is based.

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The one in Massachusetts is the original Sudbury school. Families literally move across the country to enroll their children at that school, so I'd say it's a pretty special case.

I mentioned in the blog post that it is an apples to oranges comparison for a lot of reasons. The point is that clearly the complete lack of curriculum is not placing these students at any significant disadvantage. That alone I think it a mind-blowing idea given how radically different the educational environment is compared to traditional schools.

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