here's a quote from the Secretary of Education:
"The reason that Christian schools and Christian universities are growing is a result of a strong value system," Paige was quoted as saying. "In a religious environment the value system is set. That's not the case in a public school, where there are so many different kids with different kinds of values."
Discuss!
Private schools
1st: I don't believe that Christian Schools are growing because of a strong value system. I believe that private schools are growing, because the public school system is failing for a lot students. Parents are finding that kids need a smaller class size in some cases to be successful and that most public schools are not able to provide that. And in some respects that isn't nessecarly the problem of the school boards and school administrators. It's a problem of property owners (at least in WI) who refuse to approve school referendums that will improve schools that are increasingly overcrowded.
2) I do agree that in most religious schools there is a set value system. I should know. I more or less whet to private school from K - 12. A majority of private schools are run by a religious denomination, and they are VERY focused on the denomination they are affiliated with. Let's see in grade school we had a morning bible class, and devotion after lunch. <lot's of praying> In middle school add confirmation class 2 times a week in there. In high school we had religion class, you had to take. and Chapel on Wednesday.
2) I do agree that in most religious schools there is a set value system. I should know. I more or less whet to private school from K - 12. A majority of private schools are run by a religious denomination, and they are VERY focused on the denomination they are affiliated with. Let's see in grade school we had a morning bible class, and devotion after lunch. <lot's of praying> In middle school add confirmation class 2 times a week in there. In high school we had religion class, you had to take. and Chapel on Wednesday.
Not all those who wander are lost. J.R.R Tolkien
Morning, Amy! You, an *underdog*? Ha!!! 
I can relate to the denominational school thing: my first three wretched years in school were spent in Catholic school in NYC. And while I certainly must have learned enough of value while there, the religion itself is heavily pushed(obviously)and it was very obsessive and repressive: boys and girls segregated, uniforms to be worn. Might have gotten stuck there for life, except their occasional corporate punishment(slaps on hands with leather, and in my case, a lay teacher actually slapping my face for dotting an 'i' too flamboyantly)convinced my parents this was not going to work, so to public schools my sister and I went, and stayed....
I know a few teens who are 'privately schooled,' and this has drawbacks of its own. It isn't so much that the kids don't get an education--in fact, one young lady I know is extremely intelligent and perceptive for her age--rather, by isolating the kids away from the social fabric of high school, it seems to me they're lonelier than your average teen. A shame, because interaction with others is essential during those years. I'm sure many of these private schoolings are due to the reduced quality of public schools--
at least that's a good excuse for doing it, provided you have the income and time to invest in doing it yourself for your kids. Yet in either milieu, you don't really learn much about the world outside and how to navigate through it effectively. Not that I enjoyed high school--I was a classic reluctant student who just trudged his way through--but I did learn what I need to know, and have spent the rest of my life since forgetting the useless parts. I guess that's what we all do.
ED
I can relate to the denominational school thing: my first three wretched years in school were spent in Catholic school in NYC. And while I certainly must have learned enough of value while there, the religion itself is heavily pushed(obviously)and it was very obsessive and repressive: boys and girls segregated, uniforms to be worn. Might have gotten stuck there for life, except their occasional corporate punishment(slaps on hands with leather, and in my case, a lay teacher actually slapping my face for dotting an 'i' too flamboyantly)convinced my parents this was not going to work, so to public schools my sister and I went, and stayed....
I know a few teens who are 'privately schooled,' and this has drawbacks of its own. It isn't so much that the kids don't get an education--in fact, one young lady I know is extremely intelligent and perceptive for her age--rather, by isolating the kids away from the social fabric of high school, it seems to me they're lonelier than your average teen. A shame, because interaction with others is essential during those years. I'm sure many of these private schoolings are due to the reduced quality of public schools--
at least that's a good excuse for doing it, provided you have the income and time to invest in doing it yourself for your kids. Yet in either milieu, you don't really learn much about the world outside and how to navigate through it effectively. Not that I enjoyed high school--I was a classic reluctant student who just trudged his way through--but I did learn what I need to know, and have spent the rest of my life since forgetting the useless parts. I guess that's what we all do.
ED
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Ed Bishop wrote:Morning, Amy! You, an *underdog*? Ha!!!
I know a few teens who are 'privately schooled,' and this has drawbacks of its own. It isn't so much that the kids don't get an education--in fact, one young lady I know is extremely intelligent and perceptive for her age--rather, by isolating the kids away from the social fabric of high school, it seems to me they're lonelier than your average teen
Ed are you talking about HomeSchooling here?
Not all those who wander are lost. J.R.R Tolkien
Ed Bishop wrote:Yes, that's what I meant. Sorry about that.
Okay, because attending private school is a completely diffent thing then being home schooled.
A lot of people thing that private school provides a sheltered upbringing to students that attend. And I don't completely agree or disagree with that ideal. I think that it's a mixed bag just like you will find in some public schools. It is all dependant on the type and size of the school. And I think the biggest thing is the SIZE of the school. The bigger the school the better chance you will have a diversity. (Good or bad)
I also think there is a HUGE distinction between "Private Non-religious" and "Private religious" schools.
Not all those who wander are lost. J.R.R Tolkien