... not private. I found it more difficult to stay focused and succeed academically while I was in public school. The pace and level of challenge in private school is also elevated which encourages students to rise to the challenge. Public school can be argued for also, because many will say that public education has a more diverse, real world experience as opposed to the "bubble ... " environment of sheltered (especially single sex) private schools. Another major problem involving the teaching and testing of students, more so in public than private school, is the emphasis placed on standard...

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... , and parents working with each other in ways that would be impossible in larger schools. Beyond these innovations, she also encourages mutual respect among teachers, students, administrators, and parents as a prerequisite for collaboration and collective school ownership. Meier's book is the story of how the ... classroom (a curriculum that includes such things such as mapping Manhattan or testing the water quality of the East River) and public "exhibitions" to demonstrate students' learning, rather than reliance on multiple-choice, standardized tests. Perhaps the best known of her idea...

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... private institutions that are reserved by the elite class. Those in the public school system face the daily routines and ever-lessening quality of the student character exhibited daily by students clothing, behavior, and lack of motivation in regards to furthering their education. Today, in Great Britain, children go to school complete in a school uniform, where some bear the sign of ... the cross. Also, at many of these institutions, children attend church once or twice a week as part of their schooling. Great Britain was founded on the bible and encourages that to be taught to the chi...

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• Grade Level: High School