Public education
Advantages and Disadvantages. Let us first consider with the advantages:
Advantages | Disadvantages |
You get to have free school bus transportation | There are little school choices for you or your child because most students must attend their zoned school |
There are after school programs that your child can join | Under-funded schools may not have the materials or they might have to cut some programs |
There are extra-curricular activities available such as band, choir and theater programs | Classrooms are often filled to its maximum capacity |
You are sure that the teachers are certified as required by the state
the school is accountable to the state which is of higher authority |
There is too much emphasis on the standardized testing |
Your child gets to attend school with friends in the neighborhood | Disadvantages |
Advantages | Disadvantages |
- | Both gifted and struggling students might get lost in the shuffle |
- | The student culture in public schools usually discourages overachievers and A students |
There is a possibility of unsafe environment both in school or on the bus