Brady Independent School District

in Public Schools Introduction to the Issue Around the United States, the safety of students in the public school system is becoming unsure. School shootings are occurring at an alarmingly rising rate, and each day, the lives of students are further at risk. After recent incidents, school districts were faced with one question concerning the safety of school-goers: How can school shootings be prevented? This question posed a solution of using a concealed-carry method and arming school faculty.…

attention has been given to plans for improving the public schools by allowing parents to choose where their children attend school through a school voucher system. The education voucher system exists when a government provides payment to families that allow their children to attend a private or public school of their choice. The payment is in the form of a voucher that can be given directly to the parents of the child, or indirectly to the school of choice. The purpose of the voucher systems is…

Public school or Private school? That is the question many people in today’s society contemplate. Students take school for granted, when in reality parents choose where to live based on a school, think about where they want to send their child to school, and how the school will effect their child. A school is a place where kids go to obtain an education and learn skills that they will use for the rest of their life. Public and private schools vary in a variety of different ways and both have…

career it just reiterates to me how messed up our public school system is. In this movie we follow about five children’s stories as they go through the lottery process of getting into school that will help them succeed in the future as opposed to the low performing public school they are currently in line to attend. The title refers to the need for someone or something to be able to come into this nation and help solve the problem of poor school systems. Whether that be the system as a whole,…

Half way through junior year, senior year is almost here and you need to be thinking about what college you want to go to. Crazy to think how you were just that little kid being asked what you wanted to be when you go up , or where you want to go to school, not having to worry about it (yet). Then the next day your a senior where you actually have to be deciding where to go. Well to decide where you want to go and make the right choice for you there somethings you have…

students in lower class public schools feel about people like me who went to a private school. From what the podcast described people who went to University Heights they were 97% black and Hispanic, Kids who wore hoodies, Jordan’s, and looked like “hoodlums”. Those that attended Fieldston Progressive were preppy rich kids who could afford anything they wanted and were those who were expected to go to college unlike those that went to the public school. The public school children come from…

These underachieving high school students are out competing the more academically inclined public school students such as some students here today. Through their inflated marks these students are being accepted to our programs, possibly even taking one of your spots thus setting us back several undeserved paces. Individuals…

Abraham Lincoln once said, “America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.” It is sad to say that this quote is still relevant to this day. America was founded on democracy. Our founding fathers believed that the power should be in the people’s hands; but is the power truly in the people’s hands? In recent times our democracy has changed from its original ideals and intents. These rights are life, liberty, and the…

to attend a Montessori school, because my family believed I was way too smart to go to a regular daycare. The Montessori school, did the most phenomenal job preparing me for kindergarten , because I was the youngest child to be enrolled. The elementary school I attended was Caldwell Elementary, which is now Guthier-Caldwell Elementary, and at the time I was 3years and 11 months old. During the early years of my life, much support came from the teachers of the Montessori school. With patience and…

Becki Wittman The article “What It’s Like to Attend The Best Boarding School in America” by Melia Robinson gives a taste into the life of a Phillips Exeter Academy visitor. Robinson tells anyone interested about the private school, likely parents or students looking for a better education, what kind of learning environment to expect at such a prestigious school. It’s an informative read, but also an opinion and therefore persuasive piece. Robinson doesn’t begin her day as a ‘student’ with…