anyone can list the disadvantages of public/private school??

Question

I am going to give presentation about homeschooling, and i dont think i can impress my audience without telling them the disadvantages of public/private school. thx

Answer 1

I don't like homeschooling because I think public schools have more resources, but to help you out. Homeschooling is good because its more one on one. you can go at that child's pace and you won't lose him when its time to move on to the next lesson. or if he is wizzing through everything he won't get bored. Hope that helps, but the question is do you belive in homeschooling? If you do talk from your heart.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

Why only focus on the disadvantages of public school? Remember there is a lot of good also.

If you really want to impress an audience you should also say the advantages of private school, the disadvantages of private school, advantages of public school, and the disadvantages of public school. And also it's good to point out that just because something works best for one child, doesn't mean that it will work well for another.

Answer 4

There are some good answers here. As a mom whose children have done all three - private, public and now homeschooling, I can at least say I've seen all sides.

Aside from things already listed here, another disadvantage to public schools is the fact that parents have NO say in what's taught when. I'm not just talking about controversial subjects like sex-ed, but even simple things like cursive writing. The results of this have led to such disasters as "whole-word reading" replacing phonics and the new "fuzzy math". Even if you know a certain textbook or curriculum is doing more harm than good for your child, you have no recourse.

Public schools operate under the "one-size fits all" theory which absolutely does not apply to children! In any given curriculum or teaching style, you'll have some kids thrive, some kids get by and some kids not understand/learn at all. But still the same books/teaching style are used with every child in the classroom, no matter the results. (Not that it could really be any other way in a room with 30 kids needing to learn something in 45 minutes, but that's just another huge downside to public schooling.) With homeschooling, the teaching and curriculum can be chosen carefully with the individual student's needs/abilities in mind. And who knows that student better than his own parents?

To illustrate more, here's a link you might want to look at, detailing a father's struggle to get his school district to do something radical - teach math facts.

http://www.edspresso.com/2007/01/weapons_of_math_destruction_oa.htm

Good luck with your presentation!

Answer 5

I think the main point is that kids who aren't home schooled go from being parent-dependant to peer-dependant. Homeschooling is a more convenient option for families with health problems and disabilities. The argument for this on the side of public school is that they would get more of a "normal" experience. Private school can cater to the individual's needs better than public school. Also private schools instill more morals and teaach kids the real meaning behind things. In public school they're not allowed to sing Christmas Carols, even if the whole class is Christian and wants to.
You should include one more elment in your report: charter schools! They have a private school type of objective, but the requirements have to meet state standards. Charter schools are government funded, thu tuition free. It bridges the gap between the public schools and the unaffordable private schools.

Answer 6

(1)The hugest difference would probably be the student-teacher ratio. Private classrooms usually have about 15 to 30 in a class and public classrooms in our state have about 25 to 40. That makes a huge difference in quality of teaching compared to a teacher with one child or just a few children like you have in homeschooling. When you have one or a few children only, you get to know their strengths and weaknesses. You don't have to do standardized testing because you already know them.

(2) Another difference is you tend to have more individualized learning in homeschooling vs. public/private school. In public/private school there tends to be repeat/overlap and boredom when kids learn subjects they have already covered. In homeschooling, kids can learn subjects they really want to learn or haven't already learned so there is a bit more interest because of that.

(3) Pacing is another advantage in homeschooling. In public/private school the teacher plans towards the average child in public/private school. So if you are gifted and learn quickly you are bored and if you are a slow learner, you may not learn concepts fast enough before the teacher is on to the next subject which can cause problems. With homeschooling, you can spend as much or as little time as you need to learn a topic without being overly bored.

(4) For us, another advantage was the stress level which is much lower now. My son was very stressed at school, crying each day and having daily stomach aches at school, and homeschool and learning at home and on field trips is more relaxing for him.

Answer 7

Well in public schools today in many areas there are drug problems, gang and violence problems, many schools are installing metal dectors and marching students through them.

The public school system is based on "cover ground" each day, from a lesson plan established by the state system.

Public schools are facing problems from student bullies against other students, especially in the restrooms.

Private schools don't have these problems to a degree. The main disadvantage is they are expensive to attened.

Private school programs are actually quite good. In a Chicago elementary school I attened for one year, they learned French in the 4th grade and I learned Spanish in the 5th grade with them. They probably were going to learn German in the 6th grade for all I knews!

That Spanish course helped me get an A the first 10 weeks in Middle School in Public School.

But you have to be rich to go to private schools. They cost anywhere from $1,000 and up a year or semester. They are as expensive as a small public college.

Answer 8

1. Lessons are paced to the "average" student. Since there is no such thing, everyone in the class is struggling to catch up or is bored waiting for the rest to catch up.
2. The child has to ask permission (and can be denied permission) to use the bathroom.
3. There is no time to pursue additional research/activities on topics that the child is interested. If additional time is devoted to a topic, it's because the teacher is interested in it, not the student.
4. Students are exposed to drugs/violence at a younger age.
5. Teachers and administrators spend so much time on discipline and maintaining order that the actual learning time is much less.
6. Students are required to study from 8 am to 3 pm, even if their brains work best from 3 pm to 8 pm.
7. Families are restricted to taking vacations during school vacations, or the child is penalized. Homeschoolers just take it with them or make it up later.
8. Students in public school have little or no time to daydream, and if they do, they get punished for it.
9. Parents and children only interact with each other for a few hours a day.
10. The amount of homework assigned often gives children longer "working days" than their parents.
11. You can't go to school in your pajamas. (my son added that one)
12. Competition among students often makes them cheat, rather than learning for the sake of learning.
13. The philosophical or political leaning of the teacher affects how they teach certain subjects.
14. Many public school teachers just aren't that bright. They feel threatened by students that are intelligent.

Answer 9

private schools and home schooling are two different things, one disadvantage of private schools is that there is NO required qualifications for teachers at private schools. Most private schools will hire teachers with qualifications similar to what the state demands because parents who are customers will want to know about the teachers. It is possible for a private school to hire anyone though, in America this is usually only done for certain foriegn language teachers or special subjects where qualified teachers are impossible to get.

Answer 10

I am your poster child.

For my first two years of high school, I went to a public school that had 1800 students. I didn't care about school at all. The entire time I was there I felt like I wasn't learning anything, and that there was always something else I could be doing that was more worthwhile. A huge part of it was the environment. Sterile hallways, fluorescent lighting, tiled floors, and throngs of people. The classes were capped at 36 students, and I had a C average, and was tempted to drop out.

Fast forward to junior year.

I started at a private alternative school. 60 students, who knew each other by name. We called the teachers by their first names, had amazing and inspiring (and sometimes heated) class discussions where everyone got to put their two cents in, had couches along with the desks, went on countless trips, had amazing opportunities to create art (murals, sculpture, anything you can think of), and overall were just an incredibly active student body, especially in terms of art and politics.

When I graduated I had an A average.

When I applied to college, I was able to ask my teachers for letters of recommendation. And they wrote me great ones, because they actually knew me. I got into my first choice college.

Considering that I was ready to drop out two years before, I think I made the right choice.

And the best part is that I was actually able to get a referral from my public school, and the district paid for me to go to the private school


I hope this helps.




edit:

Not all private schools have uniforms. We didn't.

Answer 11

Same thing in the US. Why? Money. Disadvantaged schools are in poor neighborhoods, and that's where the immigrants go. This doesn't seem that difficult to understand.