Private, public or selective high school: does it really matter?

Updated January 29 2018 - 8:06am, first published 7:32am
Sisters Candice, Emily and Cerise Canon, who took different educational paths, and disagree over the difference those choices made. Photo: Hannah Canon
Sisters Candice, Emily and Cerise Canon, who took different educational paths, and disagree over the difference those choices made. Photo: Hannah Canon

It’s the age-old “nature versus nurture” question many parents agonise over: will giving your child a particular type of education have any bearing on their success as adults? Australians seem to think so, with just 65.4 per cent of students enrolled in the public system.

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