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If we look at the past, we would find that in the world did not have schools at all or even printed books. History of nations depended on poets, elders, and other "storytellers" so as to save in memory important facts. Until the middle ages, most information was transmitted orally, as there were very few books, also books which existed were written by hand. Furthermore, not everyone can afford such expensive things. Majority of school systems which we can view today first appeared in Europe. Not everyone knows that on the western, the first "system" was the many monasteries that were spread across Europe. Moreover almost of the first schools around the world were based on religion. All of us have seen in history books images of the one-room schoolhouses that were built for children in every community. Thus, more and more communities enacted laws that required children to be in school. So, "compulsory" education was born (Reid, C., n.d.). So, step by step people develop educational system, they always tried to invent something new. Gradually schools divides on two groups, private and public schools. Since that moment a lot of parents got an opportunity to choose type of the school for their children. Nowadays when children reach school age, parents start to think about future and finally they try to find the best education. School it is the first and the main step in children's life. Private or public school? Witch of this two schools should parents choose? Both types of school have advantages and disadvantages, nevertheless, they do not prove the quality of education.
Of course private schools have many benefits which make pupils' life better and easier. In some private schools more comfortable to study than at many colleges and universities. For example, Hotchkiss and Andover have libraries and athletic facilities which are equal with those at Brown and Cornell. They also offer academic and sports programs which make full use of all those resources. It is hard to find comparable facilities in the public sector. They are few and far between. Some public schools have slightly similar resources, namely good libraries and sport facilities, nevertheless, private schools exude. Usually private schools win when we mean the size of classes. One of the key moments of better education is individual attention, because children need pupil to teacher ratios of 15:1. In public schools you will find much larger class sizes, sometimes exceeding 35-40 pupils. At this point teaching quickly degenerates. Actually, private schools prefer hire teachers with advanced degrees in their subject. Or in simple words, when a private school is hiring a Spanish teacher it will want a teacher who has a degree in Spanish language and in literature as well (Kennedy, R., n.d.). One more important aspect is that some parents want their children to have religious education. Public schools cannot give it, because the list of subjects and classes is fixed by the Ministry of Education. Besides, some children want to learn some elective courses, for instance dance, music, art, piano classes, which also are not included in the list of public schools' subjects and classes. Other important issue is laws which are directly connected to children's rights. Unfortunately, not all teachers at public schools know them very well, and they even break them very often. Usually parents expect that all teachers and administrators are already familiar with the regulations, but that is not always true. Many public schools' teachers do not know the laws and will not provide necessary assistance. It is up to parents to learn their child's rights and educate the educators (Harrell, C., 2009). Of course, all of these aspects are integral part and parcel of good educational system. They help pupils to make their educational process simpler, better and more interesting. All parents wish only best things for their children. Therefore, according to these facilities and conveniences, parents' selection can be fixed upon private schools.
Public schools have a lot of advantages, namely lower costs and governmental support. Cost of education in public schools is the main advantage, because it is free. Government, namely the Ministry of Education controls annual school budget, which covers by different types of taxes. Moreover, educational grants from government and from different business communities are essential to creative funding. One more important issue is that public schools bear responsibilities to government for each penny, which was spent for something. On the contrary, in private schools all financial affairs are controlled by special person, by accountant. Likewise, private schools can raise tuition, and they also can raise significant amounts of money from a variety of development activities, including annual appeals, cultivation of alumni and alumnae, and solicitation of grants from foundations and corporations (Kennedy, R., n.d.). Not all people have an opportunity to teach their children in very expansive schools, and, of course, nobody wants to pay year by year more and more money. Nevertheless, it is substantiated right of private schools to raise the tuition whenever they want. Also it will cost a pretty penny to attend all school events. Additionally, sometimes families grapple with conundrums during the entrance. The reason is that private schools can and do select their pupils and turn away applicants who do not meet their standards (Shanker, A., 1993). At this very important point public schools are better than private.
Many people suppose that pupils enrolled in private schools perform better academically than those attending public schools. "It is not that a kid with money will be a better athlete or better educated, but there is s a good chance that they are going to be" (Baker, M., 2010). The Center on Education Policy (CEP), by the way, disagrees. According to the CEP study at the equal enrollment of pupils, private school pupils and public school pupils perform equally on achievement tests in math, reading, science, and history. The Center for Education Policy did a special study which is based on analysis of the National Educational Longitudinal Study (1988-2000). Besides, there was only one difference which CEP found between private schools and public schools. This difference involves SAT (formerly Scholastic Aptitude Test and Scholastic Assessment Test) scores. According to the study, private school pupils have an advantage on the SAT. The CEP notes that this could be because private schools tend to offer more test preparation resources than public schools. (Wenglinsky, H., 2007). Nevertheless, it is not an argument to say exactly that private schools excel public in academic achievements. Contrary to popular belief, we cannot find evidence that private schools actually increase pupils' academic performance. CEF study was based on examination of different school subjects. As it can be seen from the results of this study, at this stage both of schools are equal. It means that there are no differences in academic performance between these types of schools. And one more study proves the equality of academic performance in both types of schools. The results of NAEP's (National Assessment of Educational Progress) examination indicate readiness of pupils to do college-level mathematical tasks. There is 5 percent of public school seniors and only 4 percent of private school seniors (Shanker, A., 1993). Additionally, one research shows that a child with emotional or physical disability would not be best served in a private school. Only about 25 percent offer disability services and 43 percent offer diagnostic services in private schools. In public schools, the percentages are 89 and 83 percent, respectively (Lawrence, L., 1997). Such results of both studies emphasize that opinions of most people about private schools were wrong.
The public versus private schools debate is not a situation with an easy answer. During long time a lot of people, especially scientists and researchers try to prove one or another opinion. They show different facts, statistics, make many projects and studies, nevertheless, they cannot to come to common opinion. Most of the people are inclined to point that private schools are better, but in spite of that some people consider that private schools are just luxury, and public can give not worse education. Many families feel that private schools are all socially elite and public schools are all terrible. Nevertheless, the truth is that there are some exemplary public schools and that there is big diversity among private schools (Lawrence, L., 1997). Likewise, the choice of the best educational place for child depends on his or her own capabilities, wishes, needs, and, of course, the final decision is up to parents. Education is the most important goal which we pursue. Therefore, according to different sources the type of the school is not so important. At this point both schools are equal, and public schools are not inferior to private at other stages as well. In conclusion it is necessary to say that people should look through all information about both types of schools, compare it, and realize that there are no so enormous differences between them.
