SCHOOL TYPES

Private School

Independent from local or national government.

Have right to select students

Funded by charging students for tuition

Advantages of private schools

Smaller class sizes

Better books/supplies

Up to date computers

Flexible curriculum

More freedom

Public (State) SchoolsOffered and paid for by the government.

Available (and compulsory) for allRegulated by the state

Advantages of state schools

Free tuition

You can complain to officials (and federal laws can be applied if they

are not responsive)

All teachers are state certified

No entrance exam

Can not charge for tuition

Must admit all children

Must follow all state and local laws about education

Offer general curriculum for all children

Overcrowded classes

Low funds

Lack of freedom and individualism

Expensive

Entrance exam

Teachers are not required to have a teaching degree

Flexible curriculum

Smaller classes

Better supplies

Less standardized

If you had an opportunity, would you change your school for a

private one?

Boarding SchoolsPlace, where children study and live during the school year

Boarding school pupils normally come back home for holidays (and sometimes weekends)

Pupils sleep in dormitories and have a “lights out” time which depends on their age

What is the most famous “boarding school” that you know?

If you were offered to study in a boarding school, would you agree? Would it be difficult for you to leave

your family?

Single-sex SchoolsMale and female students attend separate classes, live in separate buildings, go to separate schools

There can be all-girls or all-boys schools.

A controversial topic. On the one hand, students achieve better results while studying in single-sex schools.

On the other hand, some specialists believe that such students are going to have behavioral difficulties.

Do you think single-sex schools are better than co-educational?

Why or why not?