by NYC Private Schools on March 15, 2010
With tightened budgets, many young families are struggling with the decision to put their young child in a NYC Private School or start them in a public school and assist in their educational development as much as possible.
One group of parents recently gathered to talk about their upcoming choices for education beyond the preschool years and into university years ahead.
We can pay for Private School, but it will mean that there’s nothing left to put aside for college. I’m not sure I can justify spending all that money now and then when its time for college have nothing to give our kids. If I save now, I can afford to put money away for college while they are in public school.
That reasoning has been repeated by worried parents all across the nation in recent years. For many, the choice seems like a trade – a This or That but not Both scenario. It is not quite that simple, however. The basics that are laid forth now in your child’s formative academic years are the groundwork for a lifetime of loving to learn, knowing how to learn and wanting to excel. The early years are important, vitally so, and the best possible education is a gift that every young child can take with them to middle school, high school, college years and Grad school and beyond.
My daughter attends private school and what’s more important to me NOW is her education. We do try to save a little for college, but realistically they will have to explore their financial options for college in the future. Their time is now; college is where they will reap the rewards of their hard work and learn the meaning of financial aid.
Private School Education during the early years provides a solid foundation and basis for good work habits and advanced academic training
by NYC Private Schools on March 11, 2010
In times where the amount of money spent on educating each individual student is spent under the strictest of scrutiny, there are millions who decry that the simple lack of funds is what is crushing so many schools. More money would equal better schools, better educated children who could move on to compete in colleges and universities and less need to rely on alternative educational facilities.
At least one very large school district is, of late, being held up as a cautionary tale about the potential results of spending vast amounts of money on a failing school system.
In 1985, The state of Kansas was ordered to spend about $2 billion in order improve and integrate their school systems. It was the type of windfall that most school districts dream of. Students, teachers and schools in that area felt like they had won the lottery and the possibilities ahead of them were endless.
According to an article on Closing Schools in NewsTimes.com, the results of this windfall have not improved the school system in any way in which people were hoping.
The district went on a buying spree that included a six-lane indoor track and a mock court complete with a judge’s chamber and jury deliberation room. But student achievement remained low, and the anticipated flood of students from the suburbs turned out to be more like a trickle. Court supervision of the desegregation case ended in 2003.
[The City] tried to integrate its schools by making them better than the suburban districts where many kids were moving. The result was one school with an Olympic-sized swimming pool and another with recording studios.
Money can purchase facilities, advanced technology and equipment that can all serve as vital tools working in conjunction with a well planned curriculum. Organization and thoughtful planning, in accordance with a system wide educational philosophy with measurable data, must be used in conjunction with well-funded programs in order to produce real results.
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