Is there anything public schools do that no other form of education can?
Only this: Simply by being what they are, they can teach kids about the society they live in. That’s because public schools must let everyone in. What’s unique about public education isn’t the education part, it’s the “public.” Other schools can tell kids about their society but they don’t contain it and show it. At private school, kids can learn about the value of inclusiveness, but they’re surrounded by others like themselves in key ways. In public schools the medium really is the message; the classroom is the curriculum. I don’t mean to wear rose-coloured (or Rosedale-coloured) glasses. Not every public school mirrors our society perfectly. They’re often residentially or socially segregated, so that rich kids go to school mainly with rich kids and poor with poor, etc. Still, others can slip in around the edges: Even in Rosedale there are kids who may rent on the fringes of those leafy streets, but they’re at the same schools as a right.
Does this matter? Parents today tend to focus on schools giving their kids the skills, attitudes or credentials needed to survive in a scary work world. That’s understandable. But there’s no clear difference between public and private schools when it comes to doing this. Nor is there any guarantee it’ll lead to a job in the fickle global marketplace.
Kids have a different agenda. It’s social. It has to do with other kids: getting to know them, learning to deal with them. It seems to me that agenda makes more sense now. In harsh, unpredictable times, a knack for things like community and democracy may be crucial. If so, public schools are uniquely equipped to handle that challenge.
Is there anything public schools do that no other form of education can?Only this: Simply by being what they are, they can teach kids about the society they live in. That’s because public schools must let everyone in. What’s unique about public education isn’t the education part, it’s the “public.” Other schools can tell kids about their society but they don’t contain it and show it. At private school, kids can learn about the value of inclusiveness, but they’re surrounded by others like themselves in key ways. In public schools the medium really is the message; the classroom is the curriculum. I don’t mean to wear rose-coloured (or Rosedale-coloured) glasses. Not every public school mirrors our society perfectly. They’re often residentially or socially segregated, so that rich kids go to school mainly with rich kids and poor with poor, etc. Still, others can slip in around the edges: Even in Rosedale there are kids who may rent on the fringes of those leafy streets, but they’re at the same schools as a right.Does this matter? Parents today tend to focus on schools giving their kids the skills, attitudes or credentials needed to survive in a scary work world. That’s understandable. But there’s no clear difference between public and private schools when it comes to doing this. Nor is there any guarantee it’ll lead to a job in the fickle global marketplace.เด็กมีระเบียบวาระการประชุมที่แตกต่างกัน สังคมได้ มีการทำกับเด็กอื่น ๆ: รับรู้ พวกเขาเรียนรู้ที่จะจัดการกับพวกเขา ผมดูเหมือนวาระที่เหมาะสมเพิ่มเติมตอนนี้ ในเวลาที่ไม่แน่นอน รุนแรง knack สำหรับสิ่งต่าง ๆ เช่นชุมชนและประชาธิปไตยอาจสำคัญ ถ้าดังนั้น โรงเรียนโดยเฉพาะพร้อมจัดการกับความท้าทายที่
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