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... Whether or not a public or home school is best may be an issue worth addressing. The debate over which is better is a battle that has gone on since home schools were first introduced as an alternative. It seems most people are of the opinion that home schools are superior; the issue is simply if it is worth the money. ... Therefore, how does one gauge the superiority of a school? ... The most common and maybe the only way that researchers can rate and measure the effectiveness of a school is by measuring achievement. ... These reports seem to suggest that public schools seem to perform at equal levels with private schools. But are SAT scores and achievement tests all that are important to a school and what it can provide for children? ... From Kindergarten through all four years of high school, I have been in home schooling with my other brothers and sisters. I was raised on the idea that private schools are better than public ones. ... After high school, I then went on to Meramac, my first public school. It was here that I learned, in that large and diverse environment, and from talking to my friends now at public colleges, that maybe the average public and private system are not so different. I am not saying that high school and college are comparable, they are not. ... Would I be I the same place today had I gone to public schools, only having a more comfortable lifestyle? However, one must keep in mind that the issue over weather private schools are superior to public ones cannot be calculated for just myself or any other individual. ... Also, not all public schools are the same and not all private schools are the same. ... Public magnet schools, independent schools, and special education schools, are some examples. Another thing to bear in mind is that there are many more public schools than there are private ones, thus skewing the data some. With that I mind, I have found six journals written on, or pertaining to, the subject of achievement and whether private or public does a better job of promoting it. However, all of these researchers did not just pick a hundred public students and a hundred private ones, test them, and then see who scored higher. ... By eliminating or lessening these characteristics and others like them, more equivalent groups can be made, with a smaller chance of non school influences affecting score results. Before the mid 1970s, the issue of the better type of school had not been seriously addressed.
Approximate Word count = 2103
Approximate Pages = 8.4
(250 words per page double spaced)
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