Public Schools vs Private Schools Something that is very interesting about this topic, is that every day a parent must make a very important decision about where their kids will attend school. Can a private school give a child a better education or are the teachers more educated, then a private teacher? Or can a public school give a child a better education? When comparing private schools and public schools, it is important to look at the pros and cons of all of them. When talking about the advantages of private schools, it is important to know what the public schools are being compared to. Some cities may have a better public school district, but other may not, so many parents may not have a chose than to send their child to be private
Graduation requirements and coursework levels are higher at private schools. It is found that private schools required an average of 3.1 years of math and 1.5 years of foreign languages, versus 2.7 and 0.5 years for public schools. In another notable trend, about 40 percent of private schools required some form of community service for students to graduate, versus 10 percent for public schools. Another pro to send your child to private school is parental involvement. Private schools make is a priority in involve parents in their child schoolings and activities.
For example: frequent parent-teacher meetings, social events such as parent breakfasts and family camping weekends, and the participation of parent committees in fundraising initiatives, families become an integral part of the child’s education. This common ground also helps
Camacho 3 strengthen parent-child relationships. My brother and I had the privilege to attend private school, my brother attended all twelve years and I attended eight years. Our schools had activities and service hours for our parents. It seems like our parents were at our school as much as we
What are the pros and cons to going to a public school? Unlike private schools public schools “Do not get to cherry-pick only the brightest or wealthiest students” (Robert Niles Huffingtonpost), every person gets a chance. The pros on going to a public school is by law, public schools are required to provide certain services to students including transportation and reduced price lunches and academic assistance. Private schools do not offer these services, because they are not required to admit students that may or may not meet these needs. Teachers in public schools are required to be certified with the state. Certification also requires ongoing education and occasionally renewal of credentials. As a result of receiving Federal funds, public schools must follow strict teacher certification rules, which do not apply in many private schools. As a result, public school teachers may, in some cases, be better qualified than private school teachers. Researchers at the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana found, when examining data from a standardized math exam taken by
When you look at the private schools they meet those goals. It all comes down to the haves and have not’s the people with the most money wins. In this case it is the private schools. The biggest gap between public and private schools is the budgets 14.6% of the public schools ...
The opposition claims that there are many advantages to public education as opposed to private or vocational education. Some people suggest, “Public schools generally have a range of children from the whole gamut of socioeconomic clas...
Effective partnerships between families and school emerge from a mutual trust, respect and understanding of each other’s values and goals. By maintaining such partnerships, we create a healthy environment for children to develop. All families have something unique to offer and educators need to recognize this and make the most of it by incorporating all families into the school community.
Some of the advantages to this new public school choice option include: offers a way out of a low performing school, supports educational innovation because it supports alternatives to the traditional school day, school choice can match child and parents needs thus parents will be involved and more committed to the school and their child’s learning experience. (O’Neil, 1996) There are some restrictions when one thinks about the public school choice option. Restrictions include claims that all schools are too crowded, short windows of opportunity for parents to exercise choice, when parent can choose if they want to use school choice or not, and outright restrictions on which schools can participate in public school choice program. (Snell, 2002) Other disadvantages include: create inequalities by taking the more desirable students, fewer opportunities to learn from students of different backgrounds, and changes the focus from education for the public good to education for the private good. Education is no longer being seen as providing ‘some common experience in common se...
Public schools are still the most popular way to educate a child. Depending on where a person lives and is zone for education a child could end up in a public school that is outstanding or a school that is failing in their academics. Being in a public school offers so much more than just academics. Going to a public school a
It is when the family is involvement in the child’s education. Participation can include attending school functions, helping for assignments at home, positive feedback about education, and volunteering in the school or classroom. The main thing is being an advocate for your child and their school. According to the article by A. Driscoll/N.G Nagel, significant research over at least 25 years has demonstrated that “family involvement is critical to the educational success of children”. IT means families work together with care givers and teachers to create an atmosphere that strengthens the child’s learning at school and in the home. The importance of family involvement is the environmental, economic, and social factors have the most powerful effect on student
There have been a lot of questions raised whether homeschooling or public schooling is more beneficial for our future generations.
Whether someone prefers a public school or a private school, it all depends on the person. Unfortunately, not everyone is able to appreciate all that public schools have to offer because they get their vision blurred by all the benefits of private schools. The only thing holding them back may be cost. If these people would just take some time to find that there are just as many wonderful things about the schools our governments provide, they may feel more confident in their choice. Those never exposed to anything but private education miss out on the diversity among students, extra vocational and extracurricular classes, and may even continue to not understand all that public schools have to offer.
A common misconception is that homeschooling would cost more money than public schools just because homeschooling doesn't have all the same materials that a public school does. Actually public school costs more money. How? Well there are additional costs such as school fees, sports, and books. Whereas, in homeschooling you don't have to do that.
Parental involvement promotes the social growth of a child. Children whose parents are involved in their education have many advantages. They have better grades, test scores, long-term academic achievement, attitudes and behavior than those with disinterested mothers and fathers (Gestwicki, 2001). Parents becoming involved in their child's schooling creates extra sources of social constraint to influence the child's behavior (McNeal, 2001). For example, parents talking to their children and becoming involved in the school conveys a message to the child of education being important. Parents should be talking with your children's teacher and letting her know about your family. The more she knows about your child, the better she will be able to connect with your child.
Class Size is another issue. In private schools there’s usually smaller classes, so students are getting more attention. This makes it better for the students because if they need help, then it’s easier to get help from the teachers and to be more focused because of less noise and easier for teachers to control their classrooms.
Private schools should be abolished because education should allow for equal opportunities for all students. Education is supposed to provide better chances of success for the student. Students that attend a state funded school faces a disadvantage as soon as they graduate from secondary school and apply for college.{ talk about private school to college ration} There have been reports about college being biased in the selection process when choosing between state funded and privately funded school applicants. Many educators would agree that a privately funded education is typically more beneficial than a state funded education. “It seems silly to propose scrapping a system of education that provides positive results and successful results.” (CITE DEBATEWISE.ORG) The system should not be scrapped but instead needs to be inputted into the public school system. It should be put into the public school sector because it is not fair for a wealthier individual to able to obtain a better education just becaus...
A lot of children have two main educators in their life; their parents and their teachers. Parents are their first educators, the majority of what a child learns in the first few years of their life is taught by their parents. It is only when the child starts to attend an early years setting that they start to learn from another educator. Both parents and teachers continue being a major influence on their children's learning all throughout school and for the rest of their lives. The parents and the child's school both have important roles to play in the child's education and should therefore work together as a team. Parents can get involved in many different ways such as; getting involved with the school itself by helping in the classroom or supervising lunch and break times, or for those parents who work in the day and cannot find the time to help at the school they can get involved by; reading to their child at home, assisting with homework and other learning activities, teaching them songs or nursery rhymes and letting them help with everyday tasks like cooking, baking and chores. This can be categorised as: Involvement of parents in the school life or involvement of parents in supporting the individual child at home.
There are many benefits to teachings having a good relationship with the student’s family, guardian, or parents. Teachers should begin the school year with building positive relationships with the student’s families. In the book it mentions that there is ongoing research that indicates the benefits of family involvement in children’s education. Some of these benefits mentioned were children earning higher grades, tend to have better attendance, have higher rates of homework completion, and are more motivated and have positive attitudes towards school. Through the reading it also emphasizes on the increase in family involvement in children’s education will result in a decrease in students participating in substance abuse and violence. Students
I think private school are better and have more advantages than public school. There are upsides and downsides for both schools. Private schools have newer facilities and other materials. The benefits of private school for the students are that they have smaller class sizes and better teacher ratios from the students. Private have a high standards for discipline and respect to one another. Seventy two percent of parents agreed to send their kids to private school, because it has greatly improved students’performance and brighter experience and achievements in there harder lessons (Maga 2). Students will also have more individual attention. Students are motivated by the teachers to help in their studies. Parents would also have more opportunities to get involved with their kid’s education and that is very good thing. Private have flexible teaching methods for the students to do better. There are many advantages for the students (Elizabeth 1). Let’s talk about disadvantages. Their goal is to offer better education without making a profit (Amy Witherbee 2). Private school charge tuitions and that sound n...