Education in public and private schools

Education in Private and Public Schools

Over the past years , there has been lots of interest among the policy makers to compare private and public elementary and secondary schools in the United States . In a sense , both private and public schools follow the same general goals set out in 1979 . These goals as Sizer pointed out are expected to serve equally well both the American 's public and private elementary and high school (p . 349 . These goals according to Sizer aimed to develop the students ' fundamental scholastic capacity and to make them

competitive and responsible individual . Both the private and public are expected to come up with this end , and to touch most aspects of an adolescent 's existence , mind , body , values and career

Generally , as reported by Teresa Mendez in her article said that private schools had performed very satisfactory during the latest Standardized Test for scoring higher than public school . This report summarized the concept that private schools are getting more professional in performing their jobs . This report is very significant since America has set educational policies that are common for both public and private schools . Sizer had stated in his book What High School Is ' that despite America 's multi-diverse culture and decentralized school government , most schools across America are common in terms of vision or goals related to academic achievements of students

However , as one will look into Sizer 's discussion of similar circumstances and scenario inside a high school in California , he or she can notice some problems regarding students ' attitude and behavior inside and outside the classroom . In particular Sizer portrayed this concept through Mark who is a student who is bored and uninterested with school requirements . On the other hand , there are teachers and staffs who are busy with work and mindful of responsibility at home . These two parties are both elements that comprise education and yet , it seems that the academic goals or vision are not emphasized . This is because Mark being a recipient of the knowledge appeared to be passive and stubborn since knowledge is somehow undesirable on his view , while teachers and staff are not good mover or instruments of those knowledge . This concept presented by Sizer is common in America , and he seems trying to reconcile the educational goals with proper implementation by adapting some changes in terms of school policy

To better understand this , it is important to analyze the school system in America and how it tries to meet the present needs of the educational system of America , as well as its impact to the existing scenario in most schools

Given the same objective , we can expect less difference although we may expect much similarity between public and private high school education But studies conducted by the National Center for Education Statistic showed that there are many differences in the public and private education . They explained that although the central goal of education is the same with public and private but both can freely choose objectives and...