Abstract:America is a great and powerful education nation. There is not a national system of education in the United States. It is for the states to make policies for the education within its boundary, so many variations can be found in the education systems of the 50 states. It carries out the educational policy of public and private schools to develop simultaneously, which direct the US education to form the characteristics of multiplication.

　　　In view of which ones are better--public or private schools, the Americans from all walks of life have debated unceasingly. However, more and more American parents prefer to send their children into private schools in recent years, rather than into public schools. The poor parents who put in priority the public schools begin to suspect whether the public schools are really good for their children or not. 

　　　In this essay, the author will make a comparison between public and private schools in various aspects. Through an analysis and comparison, we can know the advantages and disadvantages of public and private schools in the hope of taking other country’s teaching merits to develop our education.

Key words: education；public schools; private schools；comparison；advantages；disadvantages

摘要:美国是一个教育大国，也是一个教育强国。美国没有全国统一的教育体制，而是由各州为自己辖区内的学校制订政策，所以50个州的教育体制相差很大。美国奉行的“公私立并举”的国家教育方针，使得美国的教育形成多元化的特点。

　　针对私立好还是公立好，美国各界一直争论不休，然而，近年在美国，越来越多的父母喜欢把子女送到私立学校读书，而不是公立学校学习。就过去一直关注公立学校的贫穷父母，现在也开始怀疑公立学校是否真的很好。

　　在此，笔者将通过对公立学校与私立学校各方面的对比，进而得出公立学校与私立学校之间的得与失。希望通过比较，我们能取他国的教学优点来发展我们的教育事业。

关键词：教育，公立学校，私立学校，比较，优点，缺点