Fairfax County Public Schools

I have been thinking about the recent Mississippi vote not to fully fund public school education. I realize it does little good to rehash old wounds, but sometimes a second look is warranted. That is especially true in light of the emotions that flowed so freely on both sides of the issue in the days leading up to the vote. So, putting aside the confusion caused by the ballot and the chancery judge issues that dominated the discussion prior to the people’s decision, I took a second long look…

Interactive Academy will be a project based learning charter school in Washington, DC. At capacity it will serve 400 students in Pre-kindergarten-5th grade. In the initial year of operation, Interactive Academy will serve students in grades PK- K. The target population of Interactive Academy is at-risk youth located in underserved communities. Interactive Academy has chosen to start with pre-kindergarten because of the dire need for intervention at the earliest age possible. Because of the…

failing public education system, private education catering to the wealthy and connected,…

School Vouchers are state-funded scholarships for children who attend public school giving them the chance to attend a private school. The School Voucher program gives kids the opportunity to have a better education. It an give kids of low income families the opportunity to go to a private school. It is an amazing program to actually be a involved in though there may be flaws in the program,It can be improved.This will cover the points of the pros of School Vouchers. The School Voucher system is…

“The reason administrators say, is that there is a price to pay- literally…” Noble schools is making students pay money for little mistakes. All these mistakes add up and so does the money due to those fees. The three reasons are 1. The policy helps students fallow the rules 2. It helps pay for after school detention 3. Families had to remove their children from Noble because they couldn’t keep up with the fees. I disagree with this policy and here is the evidence to show that I disagree. First…

In doing this project it showed me how much more a private college cost rather than a public college, which is why I have decided that I would much rather go to a public college rather than a private college. All of the colleges that are private schools cost $10,000 dollars more than all of the public colleges The public colleges include: The University of Alabama, The University of South Carolina, and The University of Clemson. The private colleges include…

difference in each of the schools are how they are managed and the origins of their funding. Although a lot of schools are government funded they are different on what they may spend their money on within the school. Foundation schools are run by the government in these schools the government normally help with the context within the school and the physical aspects of it. But with foundation schools they have a charitable foundation. Trust Schools and Foundation schools are the same apart from…

family made a decision to enroll me into private school. Little did I know how much of an impact it would on my life and also my family? At a young age, I started out going to a public school until the seventh grade and things started to change for the better. My parents decided to make a sacrifice by deciding to put me in private school. They prayed over and over and felt like God was calling them to make a transition to put their son in a school called Trinity Christian Academy also known as…

be able to go to school. There are such laws that state, “In the United States each state is required by its state constitution to provide a school system whereby children may receive an education.”(“Education Law”) There are three main options a guardian has to choose from when choosing an educational system for their child; public schools, private schools and homeschooling. The most common choice is public schooling because it is free to attend and there are several public schools in one area…

When Katrina hit New Orleans in 2005, it devastated everything in its wake. This included the public school system. Many schools were left empty and teachers found themselves unemployed. Ten years after the destruction of the infamous hurricane, schools are performing better than ever. With the relocation of the occupants of New Orleans, the cleansing of faculty in schools, and the changing-of-hands of school owners, New Orleans has surpassed the expectations from ten years prior. Katrina was…