Okey now, do you recomend public school or charter?

Question

Okey now, do you recomend public school or charter?

Answer 1

Personally I would not recommend any form of conventional schooling until college, and even than I would look into 2 year skilled trade  programs with work placement, apprenticeship, or internship programs first.

I do believe all forms of schooling should be available for people to have a choice as to where they would like to go to get their education, but recommending any particular one, other than home schooling, or independent study, I would not.

Answer 2

I think that depends on what you are looking for. I've seen charter schools that are public as well, meaning that anyone could enroll in them and that the monies used to pay for the school come from grants.

Some of the more "elite" charter schools are usually private and can be paid for with a scholarship or by tuition. The teachers at Charter schools are sometimes a little more non-traditional than the ones you encounter at your everyday high school.

"Charter" simply means that the school has written up a set of rules for itself and for its students, a lot of the time they don't go by the standards set by the state you live in. This can either be a good or bad thing depending on your point of view. If you are curious about a charter school simply ask for a copy of their charter, all the rules and regulations are laid out right there for you to read, as well as what classes are expected for you to take to graduate and what your G.P.A needs to be. I've seen some charter schools that don't even have a homework system, but use a public debate forum and journaling to complete coursework.

If you are curious about what the standards are for your local public school simply do a google search and type "your state, standards education" to pull up what rules the school has for the state you live in.

Answer 3

That's an impossible question to answer.

Charter schools typically have some specific focus. There are 3 where I live, I think. One has an arts/music focus--obviously not a recommendation for someone whose kids aren't super interested in arts/music. So, you see, you can't really compare charter schools as a whole to public schools in terms of choosing a school for your kids.

As for public schools, you can't lump them all together either. In some places, your public school is determined by where you live. If this is the case where you live, check out the school and check out any nearby charter schools. See what you think of them and base your decision on that.

Answer 4

This is a forum for homeschoolers, so most of the people in this forum would probably say neither.  We, for the most part,  would recommend homeschooling.

Answer 5

Well, you have posted this question on the home schooling board, so have you considered home schooling?

Answer 6

I recommend home school.

Answer 7

I recommend homeschool whenever possible.

Answer 8

It depends on crime rate, equipment, teaching methods and course offered.   Also your goals.

Do they both offer complete Biology and Chemistry labs.

Complete computer centers.

Drama, Art and Music departments.

Do they teach Calculus

You can also check their test scores on line thanks to the No Child law.

So you can find out from 2001 to 2006 how their student populations scored on standards tests.

This is an indication of both the quality of education and the quality of the student population.

Answer 9

I recommend neither.  Independent homeschooling is the way to go.

Answer 10

Neither.

Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm just popping over to the footie board to ask the blokes there how to play the violin.

Answer 11

Well, since you're asking in the homeschooling forum, I'm going to say...neither :-)

Answer 12

Odd little question to ask in the homeschooling section. I would have to say I recommend homeschooling, so neither.