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Public and Private Schools in the United States Religious and private schools receive little or no support from public taxes in the United States, and, as a result, are usually somewhat expensive to ____1___. The largest group of religious schools in America ____2____ by the Roman Catholic Church. While religious schools tend to be _____3____ expensive than private schools, there are usually some fees. When there is free education available to all children in the United States, why do people _____4____ money on private schools? Americans offer _____5____ great variety of reasons for doing so, including the desire of some parents to ____6____ their children to schools ____7___ classes tend to be smaller, or where religious instruction is included as part of the educational program, or because, ___8___ their opinion, the public schools in their area are not ____9_____ high enough quality to meet their needs. Private schools in the United States ______10_____ widely in size, quality, and in the kind of program that are offered to meet ____11____ of certain students. The degree _____12____ American parents are active in their childrens schools is often ____13_____ to people of other countries. Most schools have organizations ____14___ of both parents and teachers, usually called P.T.A. for Parent-Teacher Association. They meet together to ____15____ various matters concerning the school. Parents often give their time to help with classroom or after school activities. | 
