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Do you think you got the best start in life?
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Did you end-up in a school that might have
resembled a zoo more than it felt like an
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institution of higher learning?
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Perhaps in the past, getting by without a
lot of pieces of paper to defend your intelligence
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may have been harder, given that nowadays
we can learn so much online and that many
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of the worldâs leading and richest entrepreneurs
dropped out of university.
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Had they have dropped out of high school,
that could have been a different matter, but
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many great minds have not been too keen on
school.
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One of those minds was Albert Einstein, who
famously said, âEducation is what remains
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after one has forgotten what one has learned
in school.â
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So does it matter where you go?
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Thatâs what weâll find out today, in this
episode of the Infographics Show, Private
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School vs. Public School.
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Notification Squad.
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First of all, we should say that by âpublic
schoolâ we mean schools that are run by
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the government.
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This could be confusing for Brits as when
they say public school, they are not thinking
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of schools run by the public sector, but selective
institutions that demand private payment.
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Basically, private school as Americans know
it, is public school in the UK.
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Itâs another case of that âmy tom-ate-oâ
and your âtom-art-oâ.
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Weâll base this show on the U.S. today,
as covering the globeâs schools would be
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impossible, and some of the things we will
discuss are relevant globally.
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You might be surprised to know that in the
USA, according to the Council for American
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Private Education, there are 33,619 private
schools in the United States.
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There are around 5.1 million students enrolled
in these schools.
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Itâs said that private schools are home
to almost 10 percent of all school students
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in the U.S.
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The same source states that there are 441,496
teachers working full-time in private schools.
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As much as 79 percent of these schools have
a religious affiliation.
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The Washington Post reported in 2016 that
these schools are âvirtually all-whiteâ,
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with non-white students only making up around
10 percent of students across the country.
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As for public schools, according to the National
Center for Educational Statistics, 50.7 million
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public school students will be studying in
one of them from prekindergarten to grade
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12 in fall 2017.
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Teaching all those kids will be 3.2 million
full-time teachers, which is a ratio of 16
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students for every teacher.
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The ratio in private school is 12 students
for one teacher.
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One of the main differences of public school
is the mixed ethnicity of students.
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Public schools in America are made up of 24.4
million white kids, 13.6 million Hispanic
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students, 8.0 million black students, 2.8
million Asian/Pacific Islander students, 0.5
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million American Indian/Alaska Native students,
and 1.5 million mixed race students.
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What about costs?
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Well, the government pays for public schools.
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In 2017-18 itâs projected that the budget
for public schools will be $623.5 billion.
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This means that each student will cost on
average $12,300.
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Taxes will pay for this.
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Private schools are a different matter, and
they are funded by tuition fees.
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Tuition costs will change depending on the
school.
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For the year 2017-18, the national average
for private school tuition is $9,975 per year,
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which is $8,918 per year for elementary schooling
and $13,524 per year for high school.
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The state of Vermont had the highest average,
with high school being $31,543 per year on
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average.
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If you are looking for cheap private schooling,
head to West Virginia where the average cost
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for high school is currently $5,262.
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We should add that a handful of private schools
cost around the $50,000 a year mark.
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So, what do you get for your money besides
pretty gardens and obviously top-notch facilities
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at a private school, and perhaps metal detectors
and patrolling policemen in some wayward public
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schools?
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Well, when it comes to the syllabi, public
schools have to adhere to state standards
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while private schools have much more flexibility.
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This is seen as getting a better and more
diverse education.
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The good news for not so wealthy people is
that high school graduation rates in public
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schools has gone up recently.
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It reached its highest during the Obama administration
in 2015 at 83.2 percent of students graduating.
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At the same time, 95 percent of private school
students graduate.
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According to the website College Admission,
just about all of those private school grads
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will attend a university, whereas only 49
percent of public school graduates will enter
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further education at college.
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If you want to get into an Ivy League University,
thereâs no reason why you canât get in
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after attending public school.
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Top Tier Admissions tells us that roughly
25 percent of successful applicants to those
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top universities came from private schools,
and 60-70 percent from public schools.
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The rest were homeschooled.
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Private school does work for a lot of people.
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The richest man in the world, Bill Gates,
went to a private prep schoolâŠbut then he
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later dropped out of Harvard.
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On the other hand, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg
went to a public school.
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When researching for how private school graduates
out earn other kids in the future, most of
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the stories are about the UK and how private
(or public) school there seems to create most
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of the UKâs millionaires.
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The U.S. playing field might be a bit more
level, after all, Dr. Dre didnât go to private
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school.
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It seems in the U.S. if you actually get to
university, it might not matter where you
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studied in high school in terms of âmaking
itâ.
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At the same time, studies have found that
being born with a silver spoon usually means
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youâll be passing that spoon on, and poorer
folks with degrees donât usually jump up
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a class.
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Your background makes all the difference.
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A college degree, says one report, is no great
equalizer.
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Why is this?
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âThere are a host of possibilities, from
family resources during childhood and the
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place where one grew up, to the colleges that
low-income students attend,â said the report.
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Then you have rich folks that dropped out
of high school, such as the billionaire Tumblr
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founder David Karp, who dropped out of high
school at 15 years old.
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Joining him as a high school dropout is Facebookâs
former product manager Mike Hudack and filmmaker
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Quentin Tarantino.
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In light of the last person, success in the
arts or sport probably is not related to if
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you went to public or private school, but
if you want âsocial mobilityâ then itâs
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probably better your parents paid the cash
for your education.
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It also seems that the filmmaker is the only
one of the three to have come from a humble
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background.
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You may have some unique skills, or be a natural
autodidact (learn by yourself), and so school
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doesnât matter much even if you are poor.
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Nonetheless, we canât ignore some statistics.
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The Bureau of Labor Statistics states that
people without a high school diploma will
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earn on average $25,636 per year if in full-time
employment.
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8 percent of high school dropouts are currently
unemployed.
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If you have a high school diploma and nothing
else, the average wage is $35,256 per year
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with 5.4 percent of those people currently
unemployed.
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If you have a bachelorâs degree, you might
earn an average of $59,124 per year.
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Only 2.8 percent of Americans with a bachelorâs
degree are unemployed, much less than the
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4.4 percent of Americans currently out of
a job.
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In conclusion, itâs odds on that if you
went to private school then you most certainly
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went to university, and with some family wealth
behind you, itâs also pretty much a certainty
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you fell into one of these higher wage brackets.
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Then again, if you are brilliant, or spend
more time reading than scrolling, then it
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is likely nothing will hold you back.
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So, what do you think...is private school
worth the extra dough, or is it all just a
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bunch of hoo-ey?
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Let us know in the comments!
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Also, be sure to check out our other video
called Vegans vs Meat Eaters?!
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