A: Educational loss or gain has nothing to do with a school being Islamic, Jewish, Catholic or public.
We all know that many public schools, despite their enormous resources and huge bureaucratic set-ups, miserably failed to deliver solid education, strong discipline, or good citizenship.
The quality of education depends on an individual institution and its commitment to excellence.
People who establish an Islamic school must ensure that:
If these two conditions are met, I am sure that the Islamic school's performance can be no less than that of any good school because all of the other elements of a good school are automatically present in an Islamic setting.
A Gallop Poll defined a good school in the following terms:
Teachers are interested in their work and in their students.
Teachers make classes interesting.
There is variety in the curriculum.
There is good discipline.
There is respect for authority.
There is a good student/teacher relationship.
There is a good student-to-student relationship.
There is good equipment.
There are small classes.
There is good administration.
We can see that with the exception of number eight (good equipment) which can vary from school to school, all of the elements of a good school are fully present in an Islamic school.