Public-private partnerships

Recently, 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…

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…

what 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 such as ourselves who…

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…

has played a positive part that has shaped me to the person I am today. As I got a little older, me and my parents moved to Lawrenceville, Georgia and there I attended Harbour Oaks Montessori school. Now that I look back I would consider it to be a private school. A new learning technique was introduced to me which I also believed has helped shaped me. In this school setting, I was my own teacher, and the adults around me were only there to help guide me if I had questions. Which was very fun…

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…

generally education experts, and even if they hire scholars and experts, public officials shouldn’t be allowing them to set the policy agenda for the nation’s public schools”. This is something I heavily agree with. There is nothing wrong with philanthropists funding schools and education, as education is incredibly important, but they should not have the power to change what is learned simply because they fund the public or even private…

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 were religious schools (Jennings, 2002). Typically, religiously affiliated schools cost less than private independent schools, which explains the large percentage…

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…