Description of Tasks: Give a detailed description of what you did this week regarding research and community engagement.

This week for my research, I explored the differences between private and public schools. For a start, I did my research on what are the fundamental differences between private and public schools that involved in the examination of the economic implications, curriculum accomplishment, availability of calicular and non-curricular facilities, school culture, decline, quality of learning, management of the institution, consideration of children with disabilities, and transition success rate. The exploration of these core factors, which parents consider before determining whether their children attend public or private school, led to the exploration of other factors that affect this decision, such as the racial composition of a school population, school philosophy on religious studies, and school policies. The myriad of factors that affect the decision-making process among parents was insightful and led to the exploration of numerous resources to understand the topic better.

Next Steps: Give a brief description of what you plan to do next.

With the insight gathered from the preliminary research conducted, I explore first-hand experiences in public and private school students. I also explored the views of experts on the differences of the factors that parents should consider when deciding on which kind of school they should take their children to. Conducting an inquiry with specialists and educators resulted in a more personalized perspective. I also continued to read more research articles to come up with and support the developed research questions.

Capstone Questions: What questions do you want to bring to the learning community or professor.

What is their approach when deciding whether to take their child to either a public or private school?

What measures can be taken to ensure the research reflects the real circumstances in either private or public schools?

What experience do you have on the differences between students who attended public or private schools as educators or community members?

Besides the factors raised in this research, what other factors do you think impact whether to take the student to either a private or public school?

Do you think I am on the right track in the course of this research?

My Reference Notes: Use this space to record your community research work, such as the people you have contacted in the community, notes on what was discussed, how it relates to your research and contacts for future community engagement. Articles, book chapters, Grey material with APA reference, and a brief description of how it relates to your research

The materials used to research why there is a preference for public schools currently included soliciting expert opinions, reading journal articles, reviewing YouTube videos on the topic, and reading journal articles.

YouTube Videos:

Sani, H. (2019). Public School vs. Private School Problems [Video]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEeSCAKPBho&ab_channel=HaileySani

In this video, Sani reflects on her experiences having attended both public and private schools. Her first-hand experiences offer insights that scholars or specialists on the differences between public and private schools might not grasp. She observes that the discipline in public schools dies not compare to that of students in private schools. The discipline standards stipulated in private schools are higher than those stipulated in public schools. However, she observes that private schools might infringe on students ability to develop their...

…on where to take their children, depending on their social and economic status. The government is determined to increase spending on public schools. The differences in performances grow marginal eventually, eliminating the need to take children to private schools based on the differences in educational accomplishment. This article will help evaluate the differences in taking children to public or private schools at a macro-level.

Jerrim, J., Parker, P., Katyn Chmielewski, A., & Anders, J. (2015). Private Schooling, Educational Transitions, and Early Labour Market Outcomes: Evidence from Three Anglophone Countries. European Sociological Review, 32(2), 280-294. DOI: 10.1093/esr/jcv098

Jerrim, Parker, Katyn Chmielewski & Anders (2015) examine the extent to which private and state schools students differ in educational outcomes post-secondary education. The authors observe children from an advantaged social-economic background have an advantage in the social network and are likely to proceed to tertiary level education whether they attend public or private schools. However, they are more likely to attend private schools. The benefits gathered from building these social networks and success in acquiring secondary education are carried in these families for generations to come. The author raises a concern that private schools are expensive and restrict access to most affluent families. As such, the choice to take the child to a private or public school might not primarily be determined by their own choice. However, the researchers observe that the long-term outcome of the students academic outcome is not affected by attendance to private or public schools in the long term. This article will be applied in examining the social-economic factors informing the parents decisin to take children to either private or public…