Mercedes Independent School District

allotted in class scrolling through various topics, articles, and papers looking for my passion. The panic started to set in. My teacher tried to reassure me, but the straight A student in me was freaking out. Then I realized I fo. I went to a K-8 school where it was almost impossible to fail the classes. I was so used to…

segregation in public schools. Kuwait is also a very wealthy country, so obviously what they are doing now is working for them. However, the economic consequences of providing, essentially two schools for every one that they could have, does not make much sense. We can also look at it in regards to how many teachers the communities have to provide to make good schools, and in turn, well taught students. If Kuwait were to take away all of the sex segregation in public schools, then Kuwait would…

Education As” Active History”: A Cautionary Tale? ” by Jason Ellis, the public school system in the United States and Canada was criticized intensively by a group of historians called radical revisionists in the 1960s (2). Historians such as Michael Katz argued that the public schools “reproduced social, economic, and racial inequality instead of attacking it” (Ellis, 3). Radical revisionist historians criticized that public school system had a problematic structure that only served for upper…

When I was ten years old I left public school and attended a private school. At the private school every hour of the day was scheduled and the students had no choice in classes and activities. For example, we had no option on what to do during recess; it was already picked for us. Field trips were limited to a teacher’s farm, instead of going to the Denver Zoo or the Natural History Museum where most public schools classes went for field trips. Going to the zoo or the museum…

high school wasn’t easy. Freshmen year of high school was the year that I chose my less traveled road. Enrolling in Chicago Hope Academy, a private Christian school, wasn’t always the plan. Instead, I had hopes of getting into Muchin College Prep., which is a public school in Chicago. Although attending Chicago Hope Academy was not my original plan, spending my last four years at a private school has made all the difference. This difference was a result of the structure of a private school…

want to say I felt inadequate with my public school after this sight, but at the moment I sure felt like it. It doesn’t have to mean my schooling was worse than those little kids, it just meant they had more freedom in their private school. With private schools being privately funded, with such a high tuition, one would think this means they have better teachers and administration. GreatSchools Staff said this is not always the case. Not all private schools hire teachers that are up to date on…

The different methods mainly consists of referrals, court mandates, and signing up at the open house recruitment held in the beginning of the school year. The referral are usually from different Deans of Schools, in which the Dean and the Instructors select different youth that they feel are at risk and are in need of BUILD’s program support. The court mandates comes from the judicial system, in which the judge or state attorney…

Public Schools are no Comparison to Private Schools. I. Introduction A. Private schools get talked about all the time just because the majority think private schools aren’t affordable. So, people automatically jump to side with public schools. The thing is private schools may charge but don’t face all the problems public schools have. For example, public schools are too big and don’t have time to help each and every student a teacher has. Public schools are just a big problem that almost no…

children to school, they ask public or private? Each type of school displays advantages and disadvantages that may benefit or inhibit a student’s educational development. The academics and extracurricular activities advance a student’s growth; however, the financial dependence and school demographics may hinder a student’s growth. Classrooms, desks, and teachers depict the physical aspects of a school; however, the foundation and financial assistance that define the essence of a school…

In 2012, the Accepting Schools Act was passed, its mission was to “provide safe, inclusive, and accepting learning environments in which every student can succeed” (“Ontario’s Equity and Inclusive Education Strategy,” 2012, p. 2). The idea behind this amendment to the Education Act is the Canadian population’s support of multiculturalism and all other diverse identities and attributes, from disability to gender. The sentiment behind this act is encouraging in the development of social justice…