Public Education Primer

Public Education Primer


When i usually see these census reports i don't usually agree with what their saying. After reading the full article, my opinion quickly changed. Their percentages were way on. According to the chart in chapter one the percentage of public school enrollment in the south was 24% higher in the south than in the northeast. When i thought about it, that did seem correct. Having family in both New Jersey and Florida, i've noticed that all of my cousins in Miami, and all my cousins friends all go to public schools. I myself went to a private high school. Whenever i would tell my friends in Florida this they would be shocked. They would ask me all sorts of questions about it. On the other side of the spectrum all of my friends from my neighborhood attended different private schools in the area. In New Jersey we had the option of picking which private school we wanted to go too. In Miami, Florida my cousins and his friends had barely even heard of one.
Another fact that caught my attention was the amount of charter and magnet schools that have recently opened up. In my area, Hudson County, by the time i graduated high school there was three of these types of high school: CREATE charter, High Tech, and County Prep. All of these high schools were opened within a 10 mile radius of eachother. Another point that the article hit was that most of these schools were opening up in urban settings. If anyone has visited Hudson County they know it is by far the most urban county in the state of New Jersey.