The Pros And Cons Of Private Schools

In the 1997 article, “Public Goods, Private Goods: The American Struggle over Educational Goals” by David Labaree, Labaree describes three goals that have been at the core of educational conflicts over the years. The first goal mentioned is democratic equality, which is meant to create good citizens and enable educational access to all. The second goal is social efficiency, which creates workers and is viewed by taxpayers and employers as a goal to prepare students for market roles. Lastly is the third goal of social mobility, where individual success for attractive market roles is the main purpose. This primary goal of education has been ever fluctuating. The argument of this essay is that social mobility has now triumphed over democratic equality and social efficiency as the primary goal of education due to parents. This view of social mobility by parents is negative to due its numerous consequences, significantly the growing disparity between the wealthy and the underprivileged, and additionally, the health of children, their behavior, and the degree to which they learn educational material are all affected.

"Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire." -William Butler Yeats. We have many choices when it comes to educating our children. It is a matter of personal choice which road you will follow and which choice is the best decision for your child. When you’re weighing the pros and cons of public versus private school some things to consider are class size, academic offering, cultural diversity, afterschool activities and cost. The type of school to choose can be equally as difficult. There are public schools, charter schools, religious schools, homeschooling, and private schools.

In this video about “What’s Wrong with Our Schools”, Milton demands a question which is still important even today than it was in 1980. why the public-school system has changed so much since lots of parents are starting to protest about the poor quality of education that their children are receiving and the public hating the increased taxes that help the public schools. Milton made a conclusion by saying that it is the government who control the most harms the welfare of students and parents alike.

While the failure to mention important information regarding the private schools system was one of the main pieces of the puzzle being forgotten, there were other factors that were also left out. One imperative constituent being left out was also a factor that could have affected a child’s academic success. This inadequate amount of information pertaining to the parent’s success in school can heavily impact the child’s

In the 1950’s the school choice debate came to view education as a service that could be produced in a variety of ways and that parents could be consumers of (Musset, 2012). Musset’s research explored the idea that schools would be judged based on performance, being rewarded with expansion as families choose them over those schools who do not, while those underperforming schools would lose funding as families vote with their feet as they withdraw their children from those schools (2012). Over the last half-century the research, including that of Duncan(2007), has come to include the performance of private schools as they collectively outperformed public schools amongst the lower-socioeconomic and minority populations of the United

Along with the progression of time and age, more and more students and their parents are expressing their dissatisfaction and vexation with the American public school system. Turning towards alternative methods ranging from private institutions, to removing their children from public schooling altogether and homeschooling instead, this leaves a multitude of people questioning, what is the problem, why is it present, and what is it stemming from? The answer is simple. The problem with America’s public school system is the inability of institutions to accurately see and meet the true needs of students.

  As standardized test scores continue to plummet and our nation falls farther behind such industrial rivals as Germany, England, Australia and Japan in comparable education, parents are questioning the current system of education. After being kicked around the national agenda for decades, the school voucher issue is finally being emphasized in several state legislatures, as well as in Congress. In the website titled "Vouchers: No, but...Taxpayer Help to Parents will Advance Separation", David Bahurlich reinforces his support of school vouchers, both publicly and privately funded, in an attempt to show that vouchers will lead to a better quality of education for the children in our school system

Alongside with political influence, economic expenditures that occur in and out of schools have significant impact on the value of education. Regarding public schools, each school is given the same relative funding for the education of its students. In 2012, the average funding that was given to a student’s education was $10,608, which is the most out of many different modern-day democratic nations, such as France, Great Britain, and Germany (Levin 73-76). Logically, one may be confused on the difference of education between public schools since they receive the same amount of funding. What truly influences schools is the quality of the socio-economics of the surrounding neighborhoods. For example, Troy High School, a school surrounded by a middle class neighborhood, is considered to many as a “good school” with “good students” while another school named Santa Ana High School, a school surrounded by families living in poverty and violent gangs is considered a “bad school” (Putnam 139-141). Both of these schools contain the relatively same demographics regarding race and gender, indicating the

Allison Benedikt wrote this article to persuade parents of her opinion that sending children to public school will improve the public school system. It does not matter if the parents can afford private school; paying taxes to the local public school is not good enough. Every child should be sent to public school even if the local public school is not very good. Public schools will not give your child the best, but it will give them the tools to manage to get through life. The author encourages parents to send their children to public school because if every parent sent their children to public school, the public school system will improve over time and become an excellent school for generations to come.

A Rhetorical Analysis of Alisson Benedikt's article "if you send you kid to a private school you, are a bad person. Not like murderer bad- bad like ruining one of our world's most essential institutions in order to get what's best for your kid bad". However, this is just another way to persuade the audience and make them want a difference by doing something because no one likes to here they are a bad parent, her goal is to make the reader feel guilty. Benedikt purposes is to show the idea that if we all send our kids to private school, it would improve. She adopts and optimistic tone in order to encourage or persuade you to send you kids to a public school. She wants parents to be concerned about the public and its needs.

Plato said, "You must train the children to their studies in a playful manner, and without any air of constraint, with the further object of discerning more readily the natural bent of their respective characters" (Plato). Education has increased as a topic of conversation among parents in America today. The importance of a good education has increased in value, and parents are searching for the best possible school for their child in preparation for college. Many believe the most opportune way for their child to succeed in studies is by attending a private school. On the other hand, another group of parents thinks that public schools are the better route. Nevertheless, public schools have been proven to be more successful in the

As time has gone by, Americans have increasingly paid more attention to the schooling process, trying harder all the time to get the best education possible for their children. As a result, more parents are turning from the public school systems to the private schools. This happens for several reasons. First, students that graduate from private schools tend to be better prepared for college. Second, private schools open up many opportunities to succeed in the business world. Last, the private schools allow the parents and the student to decide which school they feel will give the student the best education possible. Overall, private schools offer a better education for high school students than do public schools.

“Education inherently serves both public and private interests. It addresses public interests by preparing the young to assume adult roles that promote civic responsibility, embrace a common set of economic and political values, and share a common language. Education serves private interests in promoting individual development, understanding, and productivity that contribute to adult productivity and wellbeing.” Levin (2001).

•Public Schools - schools are in a district and students attend in the area they are zoned for. Decided by committees. In the past, this was a monopoly, and the only choice other than private schools that parents must pay for.

The issue of whether private education is better than public has been debated for many years. Strong advocates of public education feel that children grow and progress better in a mixed environment. Although most private educational institutions do not harbor racial discrimination or discrimination against sexes, they do not have certain classifications that may not suit the masses. For example, a large number of private schools are religious based. Additionally, private school education is not paid for by the state, thus children who attend these facilities generally come from a financially stable background. The danger in this environment is that student