Public vs Private Education

By Lara Turner

Public and private schools are both great ways for children to get an education, but for different families different aspects of each type of schooling are important. One of the biggest differences between public and private schools is that the government pays for public school and private school has a tuition that families must pay. This can be a huge factor for parents when deciding which type of school their children should attend. This has always been a big issue, but now with the economy in the state that it is in, more and more families cannot afford private schools so they are either directly sending their children to public schools or pulling their children out of private and switching them over. Another big difference is that public schools admit anyone who wants to enroll and private schools are selective with who they let in. These different types of administration lead to different programs that are offered at each school. Public schools tend to offer more of a broad range of subjects and sports because they have a wide variety of students with different interests and goals and they want to be able to make sure that everyone is able to excel and learn to their full potential. Private schools on the other hand, tend to accept students who have something in common with what the school offers and because of this, even though the students may be from different backgrounds, they all still have a common goal with their peers. A third difference is that teachers at public schools must be certified and teachers at private schools do not need to be certified. Both public and private schools have the same purpose, which is to teach children and get them ready for the time when they become adults and lead their own lives, so going to a public or private school depends on parents and how they think their children should be taught.

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