The Pros and Cons of Private Schools

The message trying to be delivered there is that one day eventually all kids will end up in what is called “The Real World”, and kids that have been raised and have been educated in an environment with limited boundaries like private schools, might eventually be facing several obstacles. For example, obstacles like not being familiar socializing well enough with others. That is probably one of the toughest one in such way that growing up in private schools, an individual will always be socially hanging out or making relations around the same kind of people. Not being able to develop social relations with others just another reason why, “students in public schools actually outperform those in private schools” (Valerie Strauss).

The article “If you send your kid to private school, you are a bad person” discusses how paying for private school instead of sending your kid to public school has an effect on the public school system. The author Allison Benedikt argues that if all parents sent their kids to public school it would slowly improve the school system for every other child that also has to attend. Benedikt develops the argument by using pathos and telling about her horrible public school experience she had growing up and how she wants it to be improved so all children get the same academic advantages as others.

There is a private school in Bangor, it is an independent day school for boys and girls from three years to sixteen years old. The school has achieved excellent GCSEs and other examination results. On the website, I found what the cost is per individual pcm depending on their age http://hillgrove.gwynedd.sch.uk/. The fees for the school is: 3 - 4 years old it is 300.00 pcm, 4 - 5 years old it is 352.75 pcm, 5 - 7 years old it is 396.75 pcm, 7 - 10 years old it is 441.00 pcm, 10 - 11 years old it is 466.00 pcm and for 11 - 16 years old it is 516.50 pcm. There also is a registration fee of £50. According to http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-33535216 Research suggests that putting a child through a 14-year private education in UK stands at £286,000. Parents have the decision to put their child into private education. The cost of private schools is very high and people who usually put their children in private schools have a very good income. People usually put their children in a private school as it gives them more of an opportunity to be successful and to get better grades than children from public schools. The reasons why children are more successful after being educated in a

"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.

According to Samuel Flam and William Keane authors of Public Schools: Private Enterprise, the definition of privatize is “...the process of turning over to private companies, programs, services and sometimes properties previously operated and/or owned by a government agency” (Flam & Keane, 1997, p.15). Privatizing of a school service is selling a service of the school district to a private company that runs, maintains and keeps up the service. The school district no longer oversees this service and virtually has no control over what they do but outsourcing this service would cut back on the economic spending of the school. A school service is something that students receive that is provided for them in school to enhance their well-being. In the school system, some examples of services that could be outsourced by a private company are school lunches, buses and janitor staff. According to Joe Argon author of Changing of the Guard, “for schools, transportation, food service, HVAC maintenance, computer servicing and printing continue to be the areas privatized most often” (Argon, 1997). The main issue behind this is finding out if privatizing school services does the school district more harm or good and what happens to the services and students after they have been privatized.

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.

Improving education has become an urgent concern for policy makers around the world while countries are experimenting with charter schools, voucher programs, and innovations in private schooling. Privatization must be comprehensively examined to determine if it's use should continue. A cornerstone of this debate lies in understanding how privatization impacts student achievement. Attention must be also be given to the inequities that can occur with increased privatization. Furthermore, the complexities that accompany privatization forge many peripheral effects that must also be examined. An evaluation of these key facets of privatization will help to determine whether or not schools should become more privatized.

American students aren’t developing as many science, math or language skills as students in other countries. When American students took a two hour test it showed how they did compared to their peers from around the world and the results were disappointing. While U.S. schools struggled to reach even an average score on a key international exam for 15 year olds in 2012, BASIS Tucson North, an economically modest, ethnically diverse charter school in Arizona, outperformed every country in the world, and left even Shanghai, China’s academic gem in the dust (Kronholz). The problem isn’t the students because they’re as smart as those students in different countries but the problem is our public school system. Our students need the skills and

Deciding which type of schooling depends solely on personal preference. The argument ‘If You Send Your Kid to Private School, You Are a Bad Person’ by Allison Benedikt, argued that sending children to private schools ruins trying to get what’s best for the children. Benedikt’s piece uses premises, and personal testimonies, but overall the argument she presented is weak. Premises

It is said that U.S. schools are in no way ready to compete with today’s global demand. In a PBS documentary on America’s Schools in the 21st Century, many foreign countries have a superficial idea of U.S. schools. It is believed that U.S. schools are top of the line and state of the art, when in actuality many are average or below average in terms of educational processes building facilities, and finance. Americans have the tendency to think that foreign countries teach around the United States and that English is the most common language spoken; but the truth is Chinese is the most common language. In other countries like China, students hold education at a much higher regard that do U.S. students. There seems to have a greater work

The idea of school choice, along with free and universal education, has been a topic that been present for decades, but most recently brought to our attention throughout the past few years. There are several debates regarding this topic. Some believe that education should be free and universal because education is something that everyone deserves. Some believe parents should have the choice as to which school they send their children to. Others believe that education should be something the individual pays for and it is something we should not spend a lot of our tax dollars on. Like any topic, there are several debates and views on these ideas.

A good education is an essential part of a child’s development. Today, parents have a choice in their child’s education and can evaluate both public and private schools. Although both public and private schools provide education and opportunities for students, parents should evaluate the differences and choose the option that best suits their child and families’ needs. In this paper, I will compare and contrast five major areas that relate to public and private schools including class size, cost, curriculum, services, and teachers.

Public schools are schools that are provided by state and federal funding. Ninety percent of the children today in America attend public school. Private schools include both parochial schools and non-parochial schools. According to a special report published by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) in 2002, in 1999–2000, approximately 27,000 private schools accounted for 24 percent of all schools in the US and 12 percent of all full-time-equivalent teachers. Clearly, there are many more public schools that provide education to American students than their private counterparts.

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.