Does Private School Make the Difference?

Gymnasium Kempfenhausen

Facharbeit im Leistungskurs Englisch

Does Private School make the Difference? A Comparison of Public and Private Schools in the United States of America.

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Table of Contents:

Preface

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1. Introduction

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2. Private Schools: The Situation

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2.1 What is a private school? 2.2 Historical background of private schools in the United States 2.3 The situation today 2.3.1 Current issues 2.3.1.1 School financing 2.3.1.2 Integration of minorities 2.3.1.3 Religion in schools 2.3.1.4 Taking measures 2.4 Interim result

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3. Differentiation of main characteristics between public and private schools 3.1 Costs 3.1.1 Tuition and fees 3.1.2 Sundries 15 15

3.2 Academic performance 3.2.1 Dropouts and graduation rates 3.2.2 SAT 3.2.3 College preparation 3.2.4 Character building qualities

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3.3 Teachers 3.4.1 Student teacher ratio 3.4.2 Teacher qualification

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3.4 Campus and facilities 3.4.1 Integration of technology 3.4.2 Safety and security

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3.5 Curriculum 3.6 Location 3.7 Parents involvement

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4. Evaluation

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5. Appendix

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Bibliography

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Preface

Many parents in the United States have to ask themselves at least once in their life whether to send their child to a public or a private school. This question can not be answered easily and raises a great deal of other questions. Are private schools really the better educational institutions? Are public and private schools organized differently? Does a private school give the child an advantage? You could continue this list of questions forever. Yet the main question should be: can I buy a better education for money? And does the government comply with their educational objectives in public schools? Of course eventually it is a...