Is public school better then private school? had my son in?

Question

both, hearing that public schools kids get better choices for private colleges ...go by sat scores & public school kids have only 4 vs 4.8

Answer 1

There are several factors. The ratio of student to teacher, and then the curriculum play critical roles in what makes a school better. However, I just say that ultimately, parental involvement makes the world of difference.

Answer 2

Ask your son. His feelings about the school he prefers will have more influence on how well he does than any statistical differences.

Answer 3

Not true.

Homeschools get recurited by many universities, but they have to have a good background and pass the tests.

Only about 5-10% of the Public School students can even meet the qualifications for a Private University.

More in Private and Prep school tend to meet the qualifications.

When went to Private School for a short while in 5th grade we learned Spanish.  They had previously learned French in the 4th grade.

In Public School we didn't get language until 9th grade and my background in 5th grade Spanish got me an A the first 10 weeks.

Now, this is important because PRivate Schools want to see 2 years eqivalent of High School Language.

That means you have to take Spanish 1-4 or French 1-4

No French, Spanish, German, Italian, Latin or Greek and you have to take it in the College and they teach it very fast.

One year of College langauge = 2 years of high school language.

This last year HArvard didn't take 1,200 kids with PERFECT SAT SCORES

They might have, however, take some girl in Rural Alaska with less than perfect scores.

Some homeschooler in Montana

A black student fresh out of the Bronx Highschool of Science.

Even with imprfect GPA and SAT scores because they have a very diverse way of picking students and look for potential.

Answer 4

it depends on the schools really there is good and bad in all schools the difference is you would be paying a lot of money so chk out the schools first.

Answer 5

There are always good and bad schools in both categories.

I don't know what sort of monitoring (if any) there is where you are, but here in the UK all the public (state) schools are inspected regularly and the inspector's comments are made public on the internet. So if they're doing a lousy job, everyone knows. The same isn't true in quite the same way for private schools, and you can get a nasty shock when it comes round to time for national exams - by which time, of course, it's way too late.

Answer 6

Private schools are VERY bad. They try to do things their own way, which is usually the bad way.

Answer 7

There are great public schools and great private schools just as both can be terrible.  The most important thing is considering where your son will thrive.  I did my best work in public school as far as my GPA was concerned ( and my social life ) but I learned more in the private Quaker school that I attended for Jr. high and my first year of high school than I did even in college.  You just have to check out the schools that you have in your area and weigh the options.  My daughter is only in elementary school yet and we have her in a GT program in a public school.  I work with her a lot on things they are not doing in school (I sneak in the extras through games, music and at home reading for now) and she is thriving well.  We simply can not afford private schools so we didn't even consider it.  Hope this was helpful.

Answer 8

In Australia, we have semi private and elite private.

The elite privates are very very expensive, but sooooooooo worth it.

Answer 9

It depends on what your desires are.  Private schools usually have smaller classes, therefore those children get more attention that those in public schools do.  The standards tend to be more competitive as well and that fosters higher achievement.

Bear in mind that both private and public schools have to meet state education standards.  In essence, the kids are being taught the same subjects but in private schools there might be less distraction.

If your child is not well-disciplined and serious about school, it's probably better to send him to a public school, which is free of charge and where the standard might be more relaxed, giving him a chance to obtain better grades.

Sometimes it is better to go to a public school and get superior grades than to go to a stringent private school and graduate with low grades, which look awful when applying for college.