### social organization | institution | school:

Public school
* Many public schools ban certain types of costumes that are considered too gross or offensive
  - check for scoliosis in the fifth or sixth grade
  - have programs for learning disabilities, as well
* Most public schools report having formal school violence prevention programs
  - require vaccinations
  - seem to cater to the lower common denominator
* Some public schools are institutions that teach secular humanism
  - have computers and Internet access
  - require parents to deliver all records
* are accountable to taxpayers for reporting how public money is spent
  - the federal government, state government, and local government
  - an arm of government
  - centers of youth activity for many rural communities
  - examples of employers that typically have firewalls within their system
  - extremely segregated, by race and economics
  - for children and youth of all faiths and religions or faith or religion
* are government run and tax supported
* are institutions aimed for a general audience
  - of the whole society established for the common good
* are no different than society as a whole
  - longer accountable to parents, and often act in disregard of parental rights
  - often low-cost, accessible locations in which to extend learning
  - places for people of all faiths or none
  - primarily Black, whereas the majority of private schools are virtually all white
  - secondary schools
* are state funded by land taxes, and the curriculum is picked by the state
  - run schools
* are the cornerstone of our democracy, our communities and our economy
  - nurseries of all vice and immorality
* can teach and promote basic moral values.
* consist of students.
* cover so many math subjects in one year that the children forget everything.
* don t just exist to serve the public by educating individuals.
* embrace all children, regardless of race, wealth or ability.
* exist in cities and larger towns.
* have a fine record of getting children into elite universities
  - the responsibility for providing a complete education for all children
  - their hands full with babysitting
* lose funding when enrollment drops.
* provide a free education through the government
  - immersion and exposure to every aspect of society, culture, and humanity
  - the common experience that helps ensure a democratic society
* serve the public, and the public demands that schools be safe.
* struggle to provide services with limited revenue.
* teach curriculum which violates the religious and moral principles of some parents
  - that man evolved from pond scum
* tend to have larger enrollments than private schools
  - reproduce and reinforce racial segregation in housing
* use secular books
  - women who share a social identity to instill values
+ Education, Public schooling:
  * Public schools provide a free education through the government. Parents are free to let their children receive private education, but they must pay for it. In some poorer places, some children cannot go to school, because their countries do not make education available in their countries, because their families do not have enough money, or because the children have to work hard to earn the money, or because the society have negative prejudice on education for girls.
+ Public school, UK and Commonwealth: Types of schools
  * Public schools have a fine record of getting children into elite universities. They educate the sons of the British upper and upper-middle classes. In particular, the sons of officers and senior administrators of the British Empire were educated in England while their parents were on overseas postings. In 2010, over half of Cabinet Ministers had been educated at public schools.