When children reach the tender age of 5, parents ask themselves 1 question. Do I send my child to a public or private school? The first school in the US was made in 1606, a private catholic school made by the Franciscan Order. In 1620, when pilgrims arrived, they started setting up schools in Plymouth. During the colonial time of the 17th century, there was little to no distinction between public and private schools. Public schooling came around in the early 19th century due to people wanting less religious focus on schooling. Catholic bishops pushed for the founding of Catholic schools around the country in return, making religion one of the main differences between public and private schools. With the main one being where the money comes from (public from the government, private from tuition)
Most people choose private schooling because the smaller class sizes allow for more one-on-one time. Teachers are less overwhelmed, better paid, and sometimes better qualified, causing them to have more patience and motivation to truly help students get past rough patches. They also have more funding for field trips and hands-on learning.
The people who choose private schooling usually do so because it has more people, allowing students to have a more divmerse social life. Public school is also cheaper than private schools and sometimes has more extracurricular activities and clubs for their child’s interests. Public schools are also required to follow a state curriculum, which isn’t required of private schools in every state.
I would want my child to go to private school for the first half of their elementary schooling like I did. This ensures that they have a thorough understanding of the basics that they’ll use every day in the future. Later, they can go to public school to expand their social skills and join extracurriculars and clubs.
Which do you wish you went to?
Which would you choose for your future kids?
What are some things that make one worse than the other that I didn't cover?
https://www.usnews.com/education/k12/articles/private-school-vs-public-school
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I agree that private schools have more resources to help students understand the material according to their individual needs. But in the real world people aren't going to set time aside for those that don't understand what's going on.
In my other country, I was in all private schools, and I feel that I got a great education and I didn't have to deal with bad people, but I wish that private schools were more diverse so It can be fun for others to know other cultures, I think that in the future my kids could go to a diverse private school because they are safer in my opinion, but they could still go to a public one if they choose to.
I agree that private schools have better accountability with a lower student-staff ratio, helping them weed out troublemakers and bad activity. This makes the school overall safer for students by effectively identifying and stopping problems.
I would choose a public school over a private school just because public schools are much more diverse. I would choose a public school for my kids so they can experiance the dieversity of public schools, and for opportunites they might use or need in the future.
I think that being in a public school is better for me. I would choose a public school for my kids. Public schools are better because their is more socializeing. The people in the school get more of a feel for what the world will be like in the future.
I would stay at public school because public schooling allows kids to have a social life with more diverse people. I would want my child to go to a public school because it lets them learn social skills with diverse people.
I agree that public schools can allow students' social lives to expand beyond what they would otherwise be. You can also meet more people with different interests, income, and views than you and allow you to see life from other perspectives.
I like where I am at because it is a public school. For my future kids I would send them to public school. I feel like a private school would be unessesary for them in the future.
I would prefer to stay at a public school because that is what I have been growing up with. I don't know what it is like to go to a private school so I wouldn't know what to expect. I think while my kid is young, I would send them to private school and as they grow older, send them to a public school.
I agree that it's easy to want to stay with the school you have because it's hard to move away from your normal routine and friends to a new environment with new rules and expectations. But your kids would also have to go through that if they go to both public and private schools.
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