New Home Independent School District

The public education system needs to be reformed for the present and future students. In the article “Against School,” John Gatto writes about how the public education system currently established has declined in building character for the students in class. The public education system uses cell block style where students take six classes a day for five days a week while going to school for nine months year round. This causes both the teachers and the students to become bored with education. The…

Carter was in the private school system through the sixth grade. In 1983, when Shannon was 13 years old she entered the seventh grade at Timmonsville School. During her seventh grade year she performed poorly and she was tested twice for a potential learning disability. The tests reveal that she had some difficulties yet they were not severe enough to conclude that Shannon difficulties could be classified as a learning disability. Instead, according to wrightslaw.com “the school system…

beginning the American public school system has been in and out of debate for a myriad of reasons many of which, are routinely in and out of the public eye and all scattered in importance. Nevertheless one of the issues in recent debate has been the School Voucher system. School Vouchers, in short, are “federal funds that enable public school students to attend schools of their choice, public or private, in or out of district” (newschools.org). While many believe that the school voucher system…

• The public schools serve children who are likely to be in relatively stable households from range of socioeconomic backgrounds but centred mainly on the middle class. • The number of public schools is more than the number of any other category of schools and locations of these schools are widespread. • It is easy to approach the Director/principal of the school to get prior permission for the study. • The students of public schools are from the same residential zone so it is easy to approach…

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…

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…