rovide for its students”? This type of question cannot be addressed through academic testing. In some aspects, the private school environment seems to suggest that the student may not be better off than they are in the public schools. One argument against private schools is that they do not provide a "real world" type of atmosphere and that this is a serious disadvantage when the child grows up. A lot of parents with children in private schools feel that their children received a better academic background in a private school but due to the variety of classes and larger size of a public school, also feel that they might have suffered. They tend to point out that their child might have been afforded the opportunity to be involved in a larger variety of activities had they been in a public school. Despite the differences between private and public schools, they tend to have a lot in common. The most important function of both private and public schools is to try and educate the students with the limited resources that are provide. Both private and public schools strive to meet the demands of all the different ability levels that are presented to them in their classrooms. They are also both plagued with the same classroom problems from students that can’t seem to behave or just like to disrupt the education process. So, you can see for the most part private and public schools will deal with the same type of everyday problems that can occur in any type of school. They both strive to accomplish the same goal, and that is to educate the students the best way possible. So, when we look at which type of school is best, we must keep in mind that the issues over whether private schools or public schools are better. We have to remember that, not all schools are the same; every school is unique and has its own strengths and weaknesses. Some private schools are substandard just as many public schools are high qualit...
