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Denmark, a Social Laboratory: Independent Farmers, Co-Operative Societies, Folk High Schools, Social Legislation: with 150 Photographs Illustrating Life and Conditions in Denmark

Book by Peter Manniche, H. J. Fleure; G. E. C. Gad, 1939

Subjects:

Agriculture--Denmark, Cooperation--Denmark, Denmark--Social Conditions, Education--Denmark

Collections: History, Entire Library

...SOCIAL LABORATORY INDEPENDENT FARMERS CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETIES FOLK HIGH SCHOOLS SOCIAL LEGISLATION...Manniche: The Folk High Schools of Denmark and the...Peter Manniche . INDEPENDENT FARMERS Far whiter...of Denmark to these schools in the prime of their...
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A Handbook for Independent School Operation

Book by William Johnson, John F. Gummere, Francis Parkman, Wilson Parkhill, E. Laurence Springer; D. Van Nostrand, 1961

Subjects:

Private Schools

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...from the longer-established independent schools. Policy-making trustees also...interested in founding tomorrows independent schools, the Relm Foundation of...managed and more effective independent schools will play a role in developing...
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British Private Schools: Research on Policy and Practice

Book by Geoffrey Walford; Woburn Press, 2003

Subjects:

Private Schools--Government Policy--Great Britain, Private Schools--Great Britain

Collections: Education, Entire Library

In a series of surveys of the whole independent school sector in Britain, the contributors to this study reveal a wide choice. This ranges from home schools that just make the numbers needed to be classed as a school, through to Muslim schools and the traditional, extremely expensive Eton-style schools.
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How Schools Change: Lessons from Three Communities Revisited

Book by Tony Wagner; Routledge Falmer, 2000

Subjects:

Academy At Cambridge Rindge And Latin, Brimmer And May School, Educational Change--United States--Case Studies, High Schools--United States--Case Studies, Hull Junior-Senior High School

Collections: Education, Entire Library

The first edition of How Schools Change chronicled the efforts of three very different high schools to improve teaching and learning in the early 1990's. Now, in a new second edition, Wagner concisely summarizes the decade-long history of education reform efforts and revisits the three communities at the beginning of a new century.
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Preparing for Power: America's Elite Boarding Schools

Book by Peter W. Cookson, Caroline Hodges Persell; Basic Books, 1985

Subjects:

Preparatory Schools--United States, Upper Class--Education (Secondary)--United States

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...The heads of the schools, in particular...commitment to independent research and for...The school is independent from state and...authorities, although schools must meet certain...SCHOOLS Girls schools were generally founded by strong, independent, unmarried women...

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Diversity Efforts in Independent Schools

Journal article by Michael Brosnan; Fordham Urban Law Journal, Vol. 29, 2001

Subjects:

Affirmative action--Laws, regulations, etc., Law firms--Social aspects, Law schools--Curricula, Partnership--Social aspects

Collections: Entire Library

Diversity efforts in independent schools by Michael Brosnan...do so until the 1990s. Independent schools are wrestling with the same...estimated twenty-five percent of independent schools in the nation have few, if...
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The Kenyan Government and the Kikuyu Independent Schools: From Attempted Control to Suppression, 1929-1952

Journal article by Theodore Natsoulas; The Historian, Vol. 60, 1998

Subjects:

Education and state--Kenya, Kenya--Schools, Kikuyu (African people)--Education

Collections: History, Education, Entire Library

...government and the Kikuyu independent schools: from attempted control to...were finally closed in 1952, independent schools competed with mission schools...have examined the Kikuyu independent schools, particularly in the context...
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Chartered Schools: Two Hundred Years of Independent Academies in the United States, 1727-1925

Journal article by Mary S. Hoffschwelle; Journal of Southern History, Vol. 69, 2003

Subjects:

Chartered Schools: Two Hundred Years of Independent Academies in the United States, 1727-1925 (Book)

Collections: History, Entire Library

Chartered Schools: Two Hundred Years of Independent Academies in the United States...rightful place alongside common schools in the history of American education...funding and accountability of charter schools, Tolleys definition of an academy...
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Enhancing the Value of Public Education: Lessons from the Private Sector: Public Schools Are Suffering from Both an Image Problem and a Decline in Funding. Mr. Manafo Believes That They Should Take a Page from the Private Schools' Book and Consider Some Proven Techniques for Image Enhancement and Institutional Advancement

Journal article by Michael J. Manafo; Phi Delta Kappan, Vol. 87, 2006

Subjects:

Private schools--Management, Public schools--Management, School administration--Methods, School management and organization--Methods

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...spent working on behalf of independent schools and nonprofit organizations...Kappanreaders about what many independent schools are doing right and what...disservice. The fortunes of independent schools are often pegged to the value...
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American International Schools: Poised for the Twenty-First Century

Journal article by Warna D. Gillies; Education, Vol. 122, 2001

Subjects:

Americans in foreign countries--Education, Schools, American--International aspects

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...attend privately operated, independent schools. Because these private...American overseas schools operate independently as private institutions...of the administrator in independent overseas schools for Americans. Unpublished...

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Parents Demand Schools That Work; Increasingly Fed Up with Government-Managed Schools, More Parents Are Selecting Independent Schools for the High-Quality Education and Values Culture They Provide

Magazine article by James P. Lucier; Insight on the News, September 30, 2003

Subjects:

Bush, George W.--Social policy, Federal aid to private schools, No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, Private schools

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...More Parents Are Selecting Independent Schools for the High-Quality Education...as elitist or separatist, independent schools all of which are open to...offer. The constituency for independent schools no longer is limited to seekers...
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The New British Schools in Beijing

Magazine article by Michael Collins; Contemporary Review, Vol. 287, October 2005

Subjects:

Elementary school students--Education, Elementary schools--China, Elementary schools--Curricula, Elementary schools--United Kingdom

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...in Beijing. British educational traditions have developed over decades and centuries, led by some world-famous independent schools, like Eton, Harrow and Winchester, and encouraged and monitored by the government. British education is renowned...
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We Need Our Public Schools: Old Labour Dreamt of Abolishing Private Education. It Is Time to Rethink

Magazine article by Margaret Hodge; New Statesman, Vol. 126, November 14, 1997

Subjects:

Education--Laws, regulations, etc., Private schools--Political aspects, Public schools--Political aspects, United Kingdom--Schools

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...students went to independent schools. So a private education...to abolish private schools, always an unrealistic...suicidal to destroy the independent sector, the temptation...Indeed the latest Independent Schools Information Survey...
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What Did Medieval Schools Do for Us? Nicholas Orme Returns to the Classroom to Find out How Boys, and Girls, Were Educated from the Anglo-Saxons to the Tudors; and Finds That the Foundations of Our Education System Were Laid during This Period

Magazine article by Nicholas Orme; History Today, Vol. 56, June 2006

Subjects:

Anglo-Saxon literature--Educational aspects, British history, Education--History, Education--United Kingdom, Old English period, 428-1000--Educational aspects, Schools--History, Schools--United Kingdom, United Kingdom--Educational aspects

Collections: History, Education, Literature, Entire Library

...education is concerned, independent schools, old school buildings, unfashionable...Alfreds. Before 1066, however, schools are not recorded as independent bodies. Schooling was an...Conquest, we start to hear of schools as distinct institutions...
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The Trouble with Single-Sex Schools

Magazine article by Wendy Kaminer; The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 281, April 1998

Subjects:

Education of women--Curricula, Single sex schools--Curricula, Single-sex schools--Curricula, Women's education--Curricula

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...coeducational schools. Her subsequent study of independent schools, however, "produced equivocal results." She found...sample of coeducational, all-boys, and all-girls independent schools, Lee found that "the frequency of sexist incidents...

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A-Level Results Give Guide to Success; David Shepherd, of the Independent Schools Information Service, Considers a Novel Way of Finding out How Good a School Is

Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), January 11, 2001

Subjects:

Newspaper publishing, Newspapers, The Independent

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Success; David Shepherd, of the Independent Schools Information Service, Considers...indication of the quality of the independent schools. One difficulty is that...entries are from students in independent schools. Of these entries from...
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Independent Schools Make the Difference

Newspaper article; The Journal (Newcastle, England), September 19, 2006

Subjects:

Private schools

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

Independent Schools Make the Difference. Every parent...tables shows that the North-Easts independent schools are getting the best results and...themselves. More than 40% of entries from independent schools were awarded an A, compared with...
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Top Independent Schools to Boycott 'Lying' Exam League Tables

Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), April 29, 2008

Subjects:

Private schools

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

Top Independent Schools to Boycott Lying Exam League Tables...to submit their results to the Independent Schools Council for publication in August...grades in A levels and GCSEs. The independent schools - which regularly appear at the...
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Spoilt for Choice in Leafy Suburb of Birmingham; EDGBASTON INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS

Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), January 3, 2008

Subjects:

Private schools

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...of Birmingham; EDGBASTON INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS. Byline: By Dr Robin...regional director of the Independent Schools Council Information Service...school for every child. The independent schools in Edgbaston cover the complete...
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Cost of Private Schooling Doubles in 10 Years; but Independent Schools in Wales Are the Cheapest

Newspaper article; Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales), March 31, 2008

Subjects:

Private schools

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Doubles in 10 Years; but Independent Schools in Wales Are the Cheapest...UK for sending children to independent schools, according to figures released...the league tables of top independent schools. The new research has found...

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Charter School

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...while paid for by taxes, is independent of the public-school system...five years. The aim of these schools is to increase learning opportunities...teaching practices. Some charter schools have a higher percentage of...students than traditional public schools and some specialize in a particular...
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Columbia University

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...1770, was absorbed into the independent College of Physicians and Surgeons...included in the university are the schools of law (1858); architecture...pure science (1892); and the schools of general studies (1904...Columbia has in the past operated schools of pharmacy (1904 76) and library...
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Meharry Medical College

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...coeducational; organized 1876 as the medical department of Central Tennessee College, granted an independent charter 1915. There are schools of medicine, dentistry, allied health professsions, and graduate studies. Although it was founded...
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Integration

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...practically all major U.S. cities as blacks began shifting to an independent course expressed in the concept of black power; the term originated...students in the 17 southern and border states were in integrated schools. However, the continuing separation of blacks and whites in...
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Eggleston, Edward

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Methodist clergyman, b. Vevay, Ind., educated in frontier schools. Before 1870 he was a Bible agent, a farm worker, a circuit...journalist in Chicago. He then joined the editorial staff of the Independent in New York. He established his literary reputation with...

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