Public Schools:

• Often not much choice on what school your child attends, goes by where you live and district


• Budgets for public schools will vary by their location


• Public schools often require students to provide everything, down to the hand soap and paper


• Many public schools are requiring uniforms to avoid distractions


• Some areas offer a lottery system if the public schools in your area are considered unfit or rough, only a small portion of students are chosen at random to attend a different school out of their assigned area without extra charge


• Sometimes for a fee you can gain admittance to a different public school in the area if you do not like the one assigned to you


• Public schools do standardized testing of students at different grade levels, these can be opted out of in most cases if you disagree speak to your school counselor or principal - in some cases testing is to gain funding for the school


• Taxes pay for public school funding, in essence this is your "tuition"


• Public school is considered a well rounded education, drawing on the most important points that are needed to prepare for the future, there are strict curriculum's to be followed and not a lot of room for variation


• Charter schools are form of public school with private school benefits, still paid for by tax dollars but not as limited in curriculum. Only students whose parents choose to send them to these schools will attend. It's not "assigned" by a school district, these are available in some areas, but not everywhere - yet.


• Whether it is public, private, or homeschooling education is required for children