Fayetteville Independent School District

have disagreed on the best way to educate a child. Public schools, paid for by tax-payers’ money and regulated by the government, bring into question how much control of the curriculum the government should have. While private schools, schools privately owned and paid for by tuition of the students and outside donations, do not have these regulations but bring about other concerns about the standard of the curriculum. Are private schools more effective, with only limited government regulations?…

no way you can continue your education past high school unless your grades are really good and you get a scholarship to get into a good four year college. This is discouraging because a lot of these kids want to further their education, but won’t be able to because of the fact that they don’t have money. In high school they provide you with free breakfast and lunch. In America there are two types of schools, Public and Private. The public schools are given some money by the government…

Having attended more than a few schools from Pre-School to 12th Grade, I have differing views on the school classroom. Of course, throughout the years there was always the class clown or two and students often formed their own small groups in which they felt the most commonality, however, I experienced a large difference between the private school world and the public school world. Starting with the private school, students wore uniforms from Lands’ End, were placed in grades with an average of…

I have only ever attended private schools, from kindergarten until college. I am very privileged to experience a private education. My parents were always able to afford the steep prices of private schools that allowed me these privileges. One example of how this privilege helped me is because…

Charter schools’ rise in popularity in the New Orleans’ school district came after Hurricane Katrina’s destruction in 2005. Hope for charter schools stemmed from the failed public education system beforehand. Hurricane Katrina offered a complete fresh slate for educators and students alike, at least so they thought. With inside lenses from Sarah Carr’s Hope Against Hope: Three Schools, One City, and the Struggle to Educate America 's Children, she reveals what was underneath these data-driven…

who attend one of Clark County School District (CCSD) public schools from K-12. Education funds are poorly regulated for many reasons mostly because tax dollars are unevenly distributed. In the Las Vegas valley one problem has rose that deals with many public schools will transfer into charter schools. The Achievement School District also known as ASD, this allows private investors to come in and fund a school how they please. It is a hybrid of private and public school, which offers a better…

know how schools are ran, you learn new information that makes you do a 360. I feel as if I am always keeping up with current events so I know what is ongoing throughout education in America. There is so much that is happening behind closed doors that the public has no clue about until it is presented in a documentary or by a “conspiracy theorist". I am appalled at what I learned from this documentary. Education, Inc. is a documentary that focuses on the hostile takeover of public schools and…

The acceptance of school uniforms is growing quicker all of the time, private schools have continuously had uniforms as their core piece, but they are becoming increasingly common in the public school world as well. Formally, if you wear a uniform you are known to be receiving an education from a private school. That is the typical stereotype. From 1999-2000 to 2013-14, the percentage of public schools that required their students to wear uniforms increased from 12 to 20 percent (U.S Department…

When it comes to the academics of private school students, they tend to score higher on the standardized test. In the National Assessment of Educational Progress private school students scored 15 to 20 points higher than public school students. Also, private school students normally have harder graduation requirements like the addition of community service and more coursework in each subject (Alt, 2002). On the other hand, another article makes the claim that student’s academic success is in…

There will be a time when parents wonder whether to send their child to a private or public school. Every parent wants their child to receive a good education so they may have the highest possibility towards success. Investing in a child’s education is excruciatingly important but difficult when making certain decisions. To say private schools are better than public or vise-versa is quite complex and difficult to justify. Both types of schooling create an environment in which there are certain…