12 May Astro loves supporting Tallahassee Schools.
For over 50 years, Astro has been a key supporter of education in Tallahassee. Astro loves supporting Tallahassee Schools: We love partnering with schools to provide necessary transportation and shuttles for their students. In this post, we will explore the different types of secondary schools; from homeschooling to private schools and public schools to charter schools, the options are wide and varied. You may want your kids to enroll in a school with an arts emphasis, or maybe you want them in an educational environment that promotes the sciences. As a motorcoach company, we are capable of providing professional transportation for any schooling medium. So, the question is: What type of school is best for your children?
When selecting the school, it’s important to know what its characteristics are. You undoubtedly hear references to charter, public or private schools in everyday conversation, but could you outline their differences for others? All three of these education options differ from each other in various ways, and below we’ve listed some of the essential characteristics for each type of school.
CHARTER SCHOOL
First, charter schools. Some of the crucial info? Anyone can start one. The founder of the school could be a parent, former educator, or community leader. It could be an artist who is passionate about their craft and wants to open a school that has an art slant, or alternately, someone with a bend toward scientific study. However, regardless of who is behind it, the school has to be approved in order to open and operate. Although charter schools, in many cases, don’t have to comply with all of the normal regulations of public schools, they still have to reflect certain standards of academic performance. Because they don’t have to meet all of the requirements for public schools, charter schools have a little more liberty to implement their own programs or choose to focus on a specific vein of study, giving students an opportunity to zone in on particular academic subjects or disciplines. They are free. And, like public schools, they receive public funding according to the number of students that are attending. Sometimes this means they have less money than their public school counterparts, but sometimes they receive more. To be clear, charter schools are public schools. Because of this, anyone can attend. However, if the school is well known and respected and there’s more interest in the school than can be accommodated, there can be waiting lists or lotteries to select the students who can attend.
PRIVATE SCHOOL
Well, we can state the obvious thing that most folks probably know about private schools. They’re not free. In fact, in some cases, they can be pretty steep (and the cost for admission is more if it is a boarding school). Because they aren’t free, however, that means they are not affiliated or controlled by the government at all. Because they aren’t affiliated with, or controlled by, state or federal regulation, they have more freedom. They can choose curriculum and implement programs of their choice, potentially offering more specialized forms of education to children. Another plus? They can opt out of standardized testing, too. Because they don’t have to meet those regulations, they also don’t have to subscribe to norms for hiring standards for teachers. In the public school system, there’s an accepted standard that is required to teach at a public school. At a private school, however, they may hire a teacher that doesn’t have a formal background in education but can bring years of personal experience in a specific area and impart that to the kids they are teaching.
PUBLIC SCHOOL
This is the one that most of us are familiar with, but we’ll list the basics on this option, too. Anyone can get in. Every child is offered an education, and most of the time it’s as simple as filling out some paperwork to get them enrolled. It’s free. No cost is associated with it. Because public schools are funded by public tax money, there are very specific requirements and regulations that the schools have to follow, and there’s not any leeway as far as compliance is concerned. Another manifestation of these regulations lies in how teachers are hired. The hiring process is standardized, and in order to teach in a public school, you have to have completed the required education and have a teaching certificate.
The above sections highlight some of the differences and similarities between these three education options. Each option has its strengths, but there are also some negatives, too. Astro loves supporting Tallahassee Schools. We support these educational options and love transporting your kids and promoting their learning and growth. To learn more about what Astro has to offer check out our school transportation services here: https://astrotravel.com/destinations/school-groups/.