Why Are Private Schools the Best Option for Your Child s Future?
By Newsweek Educational Insight Team
Leaders in Private Education 2020-21
Education in the public sector can be a lottery for parents. If your child is to stay in the public school system, the school he or she attends will be solely determined by your zip code. This means that the academic results, average class size, teacher proficiency, pupil diversity and religious orthodoxy of your child s school will all be things that you, as a parent, cannot exercise any control over. As a public school has to cater for an extremely broad swarth of local students, it has to adapt a one size fits all approach , which can lead to an educational environment that doesn t cater to your child s wants and needs, or even your families moral values. So, what are the other options?
Whether it’s dealing with student loans or tuition struggles, the pandemic hasn’t been easy on college students across the country. But for many teens, the desire to chase their academic dreams and attend a top-notch school hasn’t dwindled, a new survey indicates.
Thousands of students have their eyes set on 50 independent schools aka nonpublic
schools, according to Test Innovators. The Seattle-based online test prep company polled more than 16,000 students about the high schools they plan to apply to for the 2021-22 school year. A few fun facts: Fourteen of these schools on their minds are in California, 92 percent of them are co-ed, and they have notable alumni think poets T.S. Eliot and Ralph Waldo Emerson, astronaut Sally Ride, and business magnate Bill Gates.
It has been about 10 months since the pandemic began to reshape public life in America. But for many kids, 2020 represents much more than 10 months of lost educational progress.
As scientists and policymakers raced to determine how best to control the spread of the novel coronavirus, schools across the country shut their doors. Many of these shutdowns occurred practically overnight. Students grappled with the challenges of virtual learning, independent work without direct instructor oversight or, in some cases, a temporary lack of any instruction at all. This fall, some kids physically went back to school full time, others part time, and some are fully remote. All these approaches represent educators trying to do their best under the constraints they face. But they also have real, and lasting, consequences for students.