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students in lower class public schools feel about people like me who went to a private school. From what the podcast described people who went to University Heights they were 97% black and Hispanic, Kids who wore hoodies, Jordan’s, and looked like “hoodlums”. Those that attended Fieldston Progressive were preppy rich kids who could afford anything they wanted and were those who were expected to go to college unlike those that went to the public school. The public school children come from…

These underachieving high school students are out competing the more academically inclined public school students such as some students here today. Through their inflated marks these students are being accepted to our programs, possibly even taking one of your spots thus setting us back several undeserved paces. Individuals…

Abraham Lincoln once said, “America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.” It is sad to say that this quote is still relevant to this day. America was founded on democracy. Our founding fathers believed that the power should be in the people’s hands; but is the power truly in the people’s hands? In recent times our democracy has changed from its original ideals and intents. These rights are life, liberty, and the…

to attend a Montessori school, because my family believed I was way too smart to go to a regular daycare. The Montessori school, did the most phenomenal job preparing me for kindergarten , because I was the youngest child to be enrolled. The elementary school I attended was Caldwell Elementary, which is now Guthier-Caldwell Elementary, and at the time I was 3years and 11 months old. During the early years of my life, much support came from the teachers of the Montessori school. With patience and…

Becki Wittman The article “What It’s Like to Attend The Best Boarding School in America” by Melia Robinson gives a taste into the life of a Phillips Exeter Academy visitor. Robinson tells anyone interested about the private school, likely parents or students looking for a better education, what kind of learning environment to expect at such a prestigious school. It’s an informative read, but also an opinion and therefore persuasive piece. Robinson doesn’t begin her day as a ‘student’ with…

Michigan has had in the past and how the assistance of philanthropy has helped in tackling issues that the government would not. Philanthropists use their funds in order to change things in society, some examples that are given are funding charter schools and aerial surveillance cameras in Baltimore. While it is good for philanthropy to be influential in creating and funding things like this, the author states that this also gives the philanthropists too much power due to their nimbleness, or…

give students in failing schools a choice in education. The program was Ohio’s Pilot Project Scholarship Program, hereby as PPSP, which provided tuition aid in the form of vouchers for students in Cleveland City School District to attend participating public or private schools of their parent’s choosing. The tuition aids are made available in the form of checks payable to the parents, who choose the school to which the checks will be sent. By 1999-2000, 82% of private schools that participated…

Rodale was a private school I attended until first grade. It was a school designed for children of the writers at the magazine. The school profoundly pursued reading and writing in academics due to the rich background they had in the journalist field. On multiple occasions I remember having guest speakers and health fairs that we would attend. I have a lot of books that were signed by authors who had visited our school. For instance, author John Grogan of Marley and Me…

political figure based on their party affiliation. My dislike of Betsy DeVos has nothing to do with her party preferences; it has everything to do with her political opinions and experiences. As someone raised by two public school teachers and educated on how our school systems work, this woman's policies make me nervous. I have yet to see any piece of information that could possibly change my mind. What’s worse, I haven’t met a single individual in the education field who thinks this is a…

Article 1 In this article, it discusses Betsy Devos and her stance on LGBQT students in private schools. As secretary of education, she is supposed to make stances and affirm decisions about the safety or budget of schools. Her agency recently stated that they would not give funds to schools that defy federal education laws, but many questions about the protection of the LGBQT. Devos simply refused to answer the question as she would just state what she had said before. Many people of the…