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I've noticed . Now granted, it is just a small sample size..but I've seen teachers who live in good districts send their kids to private school as well. I value teachers and their opinions very much. For those of you that teach in public schools, could you share your thoughts on why you would find private schools to be more appealing if you do indeed? thanks!
I've noticed . Now granted, it is just a small sample size..but I've seen teachers who live in good districts send their kids to private school as well. I value teachers and their opinions very much. For those of you that teach in public schools, could you share your thoughts on why you would find private schools to be more appealing if you do indeed? thanks!
Because public school teachers, more than anyone else out there, know what a mess the public school system is. I dare anyone reading this post to find me ONE public school teacher who is entirely in favor of every law and regulation that public school teachers are required to follow.
Having been a public school teacher, I can tell you what REALLY happens. Teachers tend to walk around with facial expressions that say "I just have to keep reminding myself... it's a paycheck... it's a paycheck... so many people don't have a paycheck but I do... it's a paycheck". Stories I've heard from students about what teachers do in their classrooms back this up. I'm substitute teaching right now to augment our income and I'm flabbergasted by stories I hear and even things I see with my own eyes. Teachers are trying to survive. They go into teaching with great ideas and 50% of them leave teaching in THREE YEARS OR LESS. The other 50% stick with it because they have become addicted to the pay, they hope to build experience they can use to get the heck out of the classroom and into an upper-level administrative position as quickly as possible, and/or they like the idea of getting a pension.
Public school ain't what it used to be. Get the POLITICIANS out of it, put the power back into the hands of the EDUCATORS, and you'll see this country get back to having a top-tier educational system.
I've noticed . Now granted, it is just a small sample size..but I've seen teachers who live in good districts send their kids to private school as well. I value teachers and their opinions very much. For those of you that teach in public schools, could you share your thoughts on why you would find private schools to be more appealing if you do indeed? thanks!
I don't. I did send them to a charter school because I wanted a better fit program. Dd#2 needed a G&T program and dd#1 needed help catching up that just can't he had in our local public school but both girls returned to the public schools after elementary/middle school.
I sent my kids to public school rather than private because I know that what is really needed in schools today is the ability to hold students accountable. As a parent I was willing to do that. The advantage I see in private school is that your kids go to school with kids who come from homes that also value education. I think that would make it easier to keep your kids on the right track. I didn't choose private school because I can't afford the ones I'd choose.
I don't. I did send them to a charter school because I wanted a better fit program. Dd#2 needed a G&T program and dd#1 needed help catching up that just can't he had in our local public school but both girls returned to the public schools after elementary/middle school.
I sent my kids to public school rather than private because I know that what is really needed in schools today is the ability to hold students accountable. As a parent I was willing to do that. The advantage I see in private school is that your kids go to school with kids who come from homes that also value education. I think that would make it easier to keep your kids on the right track. I didn't choose private school because I can't afford the ones I'd choose.
But if money wasn't an issue than you would do private school before public correct..assuming charter wasnt available to you?
I would only send my child to a private school if her public school was unacceptable. There are issues with private schools too.
I think paying for a private school is a waste of money if the public schools are good.
It's basically paying 100,000$-140,000+ for a basic private school with out all the bells and whistles for PK-12th. A top private school can cost double or triple that.
You could save that amount and help your child open their own business once they become adults. ( or a house)
Now if your public schools are terrible, it makes sense to go private.
I just went through, mentally, the teachers I know who have school age kids at my son's elementary and not a single one sends them to a private school. Several have gotten their kids in a different campus than what they are zoned for due to it being a lessor campus compared to the one they chose.
The parents I do know who have chosen private schools did so for religious choices at a church affiliated school. I know many of these, mostly Catholic but various others as well. There are numerous ones in our area, probably at least 10 within a decent distance of where I live.
One friend sent their daughter to a rigorous private academy because they believed it fit their image better. (dad moving up rapidly in a huge corporation of which his dad was ceo). She had been in public school until he started moving quickly.
Others that send to their kids to the private academy tend to mostly be children of public figures.
The people I know who do so do it due to religious beliefs.
In my suburban area the only teachers that send their children to private schools are the very few that send them to parochial schools. Now, in the very large, nearby metropolitan school district many more public teachers send their children to other private & parochial schools. It all depends on the quality of the school district where you live.
Please back up your claim that public school teachers are sending their children to private schools in huge numbers.
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