Public–private partnership

Donald Trump selected Betsy DeVos to be the Secretary of Education, critics have spoken about her lack of experience with public schools, her activism with school choice and private education has led many to believe she will strip funding of public school for private and religious school. In fact, Betsy DeVos was recently in a hearing with Democratic lawmakers and when DeVos was asked to commit to not work to privatize public school or strip a penny from public education, DeVos could not commit…

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 systems is “to increase parental choice, promote competition and allow lower income families access to private education” (West 1997, p.83). The implementation of the voucher system would force…

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…

In my interview with Ash Ameed, I learned a lot about his home country of Egypt and his values and beliefs that shape his life. Before conducting this interview, I did not really think about where the people who live and work around me were from. Ash and his family own three convenience stores in the county, as well as a restaurant. By talking with him and asking him several questions, I was able to learn about his life, his beliefs, and similarities and differences between America and Egypt.…

After watching the movie “Waiting for Superman” for the second time since beginning my college career it just reiterates to me how messed up our public school system is. In this movie we follow about five children’s stories as they go through the lottery process of getting into school that will help them succeed in the future as opposed to the low performing public school they are currently in line to attend. The title refers to the need for someone or something to be able to come into this…

Many Christians contribute the moral decline of our country to the fact that the Supreme Court mandated prayer in school was unconstitutional fifty years ago. Is it time to put God back in public schools? Adam Hamilton addresses this topic in his article “Put God Back in Public Schools?” first on his blog and then published in the Huffington Post, a liberal-oriented news source, in 2013. Hamilton is senior pastor of The United Methodist Church of the Resurrection in Leawood, Kansas, one of the…

Currently, the school year in Ohio is set at 182 days long which excludes holidays. Should the school year be longer or should it be shortened? Countless people think that the school year should be lengthened while others oppose. Various children and teens would agree that they would dread having to go to school longer. However, there are some logical reasons that can give an explanation on why students should go to school less. This essay will explain that summer allows teens to save up for…

from, because if your like me you like all the choices you can get, just giving you more of a variety for what 's best for you. Though sometimes I don 't like having to make so many choices, than I 'm thinking Concordia is better. Concordia is a private school, home of the Bulldogs, Concordia only has one campus, with nine residence halls, and one library. This college does not have any sororities and fraternities because it doesn 't see a reason to sort kids into groups like that. Both of those…

her way to being in the fourth grade, she was almost trilingual; this really impressed me. She began her education at a private school which she loved; at this school she was able to be on a scholarship, which covered the cost allowing her to attend private school. However, over time the scholarship went away and her mother was no longer able to afford to send her to a private school. When she had to begin attending public school, she absolutely hated it. She still remembers every haunting…

For this project we eliminated having to work with the Landmark and Target directly, consequently, allowing us to move forward and approach investors who will assist in putting this project together. The final audience reader for my project will be the Dingman Center Angels. The Dingman Center Angels is an investment group that provides finding to early-stage companies. This group of venture capitalists specifically targets, innovative technology-driven startup companies. The Dingman Center…