Laponsie, Maryalene. "Are Private schools really better than public ?" 20 January 2015. MoneyTalksNews. https://www.moneytalksnews.com/school-showdown-public-private. 19 October 2017.
The importance of private schools in today's generation in the United States is explained in this article. The author's aim is to see if private schools are superior to public schools in any way. According to Laponsie's report, private schools are perceived to have vast resources that assist in good performance as compared to public schools. The majority of private schools have modern and specialized infrastructure and facilities to assist students in catching up with modern science and technical incorporation of practical education in their curriculum. Students in private schools are therefore believed to be well equipped due to access to modern practical, manipulation, critical thinking, and problem solving skills through consistent exposure to modern laboratories and computer enhanced learning environment. In this regard, the article cites the presence of computerized laboratories, libraries, classes, enough research e-learning materials to accommodate the population of students. The author also suggests that, private schools have access to these resources due to resources due to involvement of the non-governmental organizations which includes the church and other school based and learner centered. Furthermore, the source analyses the reasons based on the richness of not only the educational materials but also the human resource such as the teachers, laboratory attendants, electronic library personnel, and the mentors within them who are devoted to helping students. The enough resources in private schools is what the author banks on to claim that private schools are better than the public schools.
Joshi, Priyadashni . "Experiencing and responding to Private competition: The importance of subjectivity and intermediate outcomes ." Comparative education review (2015).
The source describes how the competition in the private schools has been the resources why they are becoming the best as compared to public schools. In the source, a number of instances or pillars about private schools are well explained based on the how they operate from the curricula to the performance which is measure through the nature of students that they produce. According to Joshi, private schools have enriched academic opportunities and curriculum that as opposed to public schools that follow a fixed program. As such private schools do not only produce students based on class work or academic performance, but they also enrich the students on other fields. The sources posits that the curriculum of private schools is designed to capture diverse students so that talents, vocational skills, and academic excellence are fully maximized in students. Students can therefore fell free to grow in all areas of their lives because the curriculum allows them to focus on the best areas of their lives as their potential and talents are tapped. Class activities tend to be integrated with co-curricular activities such as music, art and design, games, science fair and exhibitions, talent shows, and potential detection. These make private schools a home for the growth of all round students as the author puts it. Additionally, this is opposed to public schools which follow state laid down curricula or activities which do not capture the needs of all students. The source concludes that the presence of diverse students from international backgrounds in private schools is a reason for its richness in activities. Also, the ample resources that support student learning in both the classroom and the fields. These include the sports fields’ equipment, digital class discussions, projectors, and art studios which are significant for the provision of quality education. In this regard, students in private schools are never bored or idle in class, they contribute in learning using vast learner-centered approach, online studies, class conferencing that is digitalized, and teacher-learner learning approach. Therefore, the source concludes that the students benefit much when in private schools than public schools where they cannot access such materials. In this view, private schools should however, should focus on reducing the school fees charged per student.
Hvidman, Ulrik, and Simon Calmar Andersen. "Impact of performance management in public and private organizations." Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory 24.1 (2013): 35-58.
The journal explains the findings research based on private and public schools. In this, the impact in terms of performance in management of these schools was analyzed and examined differently. The authors aimed at finding the best schools between the two categories. As such, private schools are seen to have proper management in terms of the devoted staff, parents and students. This is attributed to the tight and result oriented mission of these schools as compared to public schools where the teachers are employed by the government. The source cites that, private schools have a closely monitored management that makes their performance and service delivery rise above average. The staffs are well trained and have much of the time with students. As a result, the centralized management of education progress on a timely basis is key in the state of operations of the school. This enhances provision of service and requirement to both the staff and the students. The authors also suggest that when the school lacks anything in terms of resources, it’s provided instantly since the management of private schools is from within. All the finances or the top directors are part of the management as compared to public schools where the government through defined procedures gives finances. Furthermore, private schools have an added advantage in that head of the school or principal is directly responsible to the director not necessarily through the board of management. However, public schools have a defined layout of how the principal needs to follow in case he needs an urgent response to emergent issues in the school. This makes private schools the best in the handling student related emergent issues based on the decentralized duties and responsibilities.
Zukovic, Sladjana N and Jovana J Milutonivic . "Parent's Attitudes toward and level of information about private and alternative schools ." The new Educational Review (2010): 94-103.
The article examines a number of issues about private schools as compared to public schools. These includes the parent perspective, school choice, and parental involvement in these schools. In this review, the authors suggest that private schools are far better than public schools and that parents have always had a positive attitude about them. The source explains that private schools always maintain touch with the parents in its management and decision making since they are the key stakeholders. These schools maintain between parent and administration especially on the performance of their students and suggestions on what can be done to improve learning atmosphere. This is organized through frequent student-parent-teacher meetings, teacher-parent meetings, and parent-administration meetings. These meetings are aimed at examining and evaluating performance of the schools, teachers, and generally the students at all time. Other meetings that are involved include social events such as parent’s breakfast, participation of parents in fundraising drives to help the school, and family weekends which integrate the parents to the schools system. The source attaches these meetings to an aim improving child-parent relationship and therefore create a positive environment for the learners. In the contrast, the authors say that this may not be easily applied in public schools since they have a layout that is to be followed based on government education activities for a term. In this regard, public schools have limited parents-students-school involvement or initiatives that makes them not better than the private schools.
Stewart, Thomas, and P. Wolf. The school choice journey: School vouchers and the empowerment of urban families. Springer, 2016.
The authors in this article reviewed the journey in choosing a school especially between the public and private schools. The aim of this article is to examine the significance of private schools in empowering the families in the urban centers. Given that most private schools are established at urban centers and major towns, they have chances of receiving student from well of families and diverse students. Therefore, the students who come from varied cultures get to meet in school and exchanges ideas and thus boost learning. This is attributed to the ability of private schools to enroll students on both local and international levels. The sources claims that this enables students to mingle and learn on an international perspective as opposed to public schools which enroll mostly local students and from nearby towns or environment. The leaners or students in private schools find pleasure in meeting and making international friends who expand their dreams and compels them to work hard in their studies. This makes such schools register best performance since students are exposed to not only local teachers but also international ones. Despite the fact that private schools pay high amounts of fees, they empower the families in the urban centers that have high population with few public schools. The authors conclude that basing on this facts, private schools are the best since they ensure involvement and the empowerment of the community around. The source experimentally gave statistics based on Fraser Institutional Survey which posited that, 62% of the parents with their children in private schools reported that their school environment is supportive, nurturing, and motivating. Also, a strong networking is attained especially when the alumni get into the workforce.
Schanzenbach, Diane W. "Does Class Size Matter?." (2014).
Schanzenbach in his article addressed the matter of class size in schools. He aimed at examining the difference between public schools and private ones in terms of class size. The source indicated that private schools have small size of student per class as compared to private schools that enrol many students beyond the carrying capacity of the class. As such, private schools have a good ratio of student-teacher especially when carrying out instructional teaching in class. In this view, class size is directly proportional to the how learning takes place. The sources suggest that private schools have manageable number of students in class and this makes learning easy since the all the needs of individual students are addressed accordingly. This involves learning difficulty especially in abstract content. Also, there are students who have low retention ability and take long to comprehend what the teacher teaches in class, as a result he can be helped. The focus of private schools in the class size and the student focus in class. This enables the teachers to closely monitor the progress of each student even when he gives the assignment or a short quiz, he can comfortably mark and address each question in class. Furthermore, high quality of education, learning, and discipline is fostered given that the learners are objective in their focus in a small class size as compared to public schools where the learners are many in class. The controlled learning and instructional setting is a recipe for good performance registered by learners in such private institutions. Finally, the source explains that the strength and the weaknesses of the students in public schools are addressed amicably to ensure an even learning grounds for all the students. Remedial learning for students with special needs is easy to exercise by the learners in private schools as compared to those in public. The high teacher student ratio is a key reason why teachers do not suffer burnout in attending to students in private schools.
Böhlmark, Anders, and Mikael Lindahl. "Independent Schools and Long‐run Educational Outcomes: Evidence from Sweden's Large‐scale Voucher Reform." Economica 82.327 (2015): 508-551.
The article analyzed the significance and the challenges of independent schools in Sweden, USA, and other parts of the world. According to the authors, independent schools are easy to run due to the flexibility in the operations and the management of the activities. As such, the dedicated staff and student motivated learning are the core reasons for their exceptional performance over the recent years. In the long run, most parents in the US are convinced that the flexible curricula of private schools is responsible for proper growth and development of learners on all aspects of life. The sources also suggests that the students in private schools are able to fit well in the society due to vast experience on a number of aspects about life. The curriculum allows students to have balanced life style which is focused on both the economic, social, cognitive, and co-curricular activities. Most private schools have advanced counselling and career guidance skills and organizations with direct link to the job market or industries hence the students are exposed once in a while to field work. This is made possible since parents corporate with the school management to ensure their students attain the best out of what they pay flexibly. On the contrary, the source spells out the limitations attached to private schools in terms of the level of education and payment demanded. In this regard, the authors say that private schools are very expensive due to finance as compared to public schools. In private schools, parents finance all the activities for the school run smoothly designing the curriculum. The schools also may suffer low quality education in cases where poorly trained teachers are recruited by the schools. Since the schools are aimed making profit more than providing quality education, learning may be tempered with in the private schools leading to students who graduate from such institutions unable to cope up with the dynamic society. The source concludes that, private schools are better than the public schools only if they are properly managed and if their objective is tied on performance and quality education provision.
Griffin, Des. "Public or Private Schools, Tests and League Tables, Parental Choice and Competition in Australia, the USA and Britain." Education Reform: The Unwinding of Intelligence and Creativity. Springer International Publishing, 2014. 153-174.
The article by Griffin Des discusses a number of aspects about cases studies in Australia, USA, and Britain. The analysis as per the source reveals gives both sides of the public and the privates schools based on the challenges and the significance. The private schools as per the author has several of significance over public schools. For instance, provision of a favorable and safe learning environment. Most private schools focus not only on the performance of students but also on the safety. This makes such schools compete in all aspects so that they ensure parents enroll their students without hesitation. As a results, they makes sure they do not fail in their security service provision. In addition to that, private schools control the attendance and the discipline of the students through close monitoring and this helps the students grow morally in the society. According to the author, cases of drug abuse, bullying, and truancy in such schools are very rare since students are closely monitored and each student is assigned an academic mentor who frequently counsels them. In such environment, student’s performance is enhanced and the learners have the freedom to interact with the teachers, management and the colleagues. Also, the parenting choice on the schools to take their children is analyzed and addressed. In this view, most parents get confused between the public and private schools. However, the private schools tend to have support from parents who are of high social class than the ones of low social class. The public schools as per the source addresses the ability to handle many students from all backgrounds. The students who unable to pays expensive private schools are able to get quality education at a cheaper cost without much strain. In addition to that, the teachers are trained and are able to follow a defined curriculum set for learners. Consequently, the learners benefit from the quality education from the experts as per the US education system. However, public schools disfavor the students in terms of high population that cannot be managed by the high teacher-student ratio. The public schools are governed by the government where in the US all students have the right to education. The government has therefore subsidized the education sectors in public schools. The students especially those with special needs are not given chance to grow or learn at their pace. This is a great disadvantage to such students since it encourages biased learning. Furthermore, the author explores the danger of students in the hands of teachers who do not follow up the learners after class. This is common with public schools where the teachers experience burnout and thus cannot have enough time to follow up or have remedial lessons with individual students. Burnout also affects the performance of the teachers and as a result poor results or out on the student side. The author concludes that, private schools though expensive have great advantages to students in that it their lead to quality performance, proper student management, and brings together students from different. Background.
Works Cited
Böhlmark, Anders, and Mikael Lindahl. "Independent Schools and Long‐run Educational Outcomes: Evidence from Sweden's Large‐scale Voucher Reform." Economica 82.327 (2015): 508-551.
Griffin, Des. "Public or Private Schools, Tests and League Tables, Parental Choice and Competition in Australia, the USA and Britain." Education Reform: The Unwinding of Intelligence and Creativity. Springer International Publishing, 2014. 153-174.
Hvidman, Ulrik, and Simon Calmar Andersen. "Impact of performance management in public and private organizations." Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory 24.1 (2013): 35-58.
Laponsie, Maryalene. "Are Private schools really better than public ?" 20 January 2015. MoneyTalksNews. https://www.moneytalksnews.com/school-showdown-public-private. 19 October 2017.
Joshi, Priyadashni . "Experiencing and responding to Private competition: The importance of subjectivity and intermediate outcomes ." Comparative education review (2015).
Schanzenbach, Diane W. "Does Class Size Matter?." (2014).
Stewart, Thomas, and P. Wolf. The school choice journey: School vouchers and the empowerment of urban families. Springer, 2016.
Zukovic, Sladjana N and Jovana J Milutonivic . "Parent's Attitudes toward and level of information about private and alternative schools ." The new Educational Review (2010): 94-103.
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