Fairfax County Public Schools

In “Against School: How Public Education Cripples Our Kids, and Why,” John Taylor Gatto discuss how schools are just a prison for children to dumb them down and destroy any possible for geniuses to be created. In “Dude, Where’s My Job?” Walter Benn Michaels discusses that the social standing of our student determine how high the degree we can puress. In "The Human Cost of an Illiterate Society" Jonathan Kozol explains the problems and difficulties that the illiterates in our society have today.…

School Choice Will Not Solve Education Issues The topic of how to improve the American school system is constantly being argued at both the state and federal level. One of the more prominent solutions is called “school choice”. School vouchers, as well as charter school programs are referred to as “school choice”. They provide parents with the opportunity for their children to attend public schools outside of the traditions “school zone” in which they live. The voucher program gives parents…

The quality of education that a child receives is based largely on where they attend school. The topic of school choice and how it affects a student’s ability to obtain a high-quality education is a vastly debated topic in education today. This essay will explain the history of school choice, give an examination of the options available to students’ selection of schools, and whether or not public funding of school choice should continue to be made available to students. Providing equal…

Charter schools are becoming a greater debate as they continue to grow all over America. Charter schools are a nontraditional public schools that are funded with public money and have been freed from district regulations and some state laws in exchange for greater accountability to achieve performance results set forth in the charter (Spellings 1). Charter schools are just like any other school but just with a different name. Charter schools are a waste of money and are not helping better…

Independent School Entrance Exam (ISEE) There are many reasons that a private school may be the best choice for your child. Some children flourish in programs that allow them to focus on language or arts programs that may not be offered in public middle or high schools in the area. For introverted students, the personalized attention and small classroom sizes may be crucial to their academic and social success. However, gaining admission into some of the most competitive private school…

Private schools are superior to public schools. I say this because for one public schools have a curriculum that has to be finished by the end of every school year. Meaning that even if some students fall behind they still move on and it ends up with the student taking summer school or failing the class. In private school you have a little more freedom. Teacher's actually take the time to make sure the students understand what their teaching and from personal experience I know that the teachers…

Secretary of Education, critics have spoken about her lack of experience with public schools, her activism with school choice and private education has led many to believe she will strip funding of public school for private and religious school. In fact, Betsy DeVos was recently in a hearing with Democratic lawmakers and when DeVos was asked to commit to not work to privatize public school or strip a penny from public education, DeVos could not commit instead she answered "I look forward, if…

Faculty 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…

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…