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Books on: private schools

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Private Schools and the Public Good: Policy Alternatives for the Eighties

Book by Edward McGlynn Gaffney Jr.; University of Notre Dame Press, 1981

Subjects:

Private Schools--United States--Congresses

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...commerce of handicapped children. Private schools -- using the word "school" in loose terms -- are literally...question of public support of private schools. The questions we now face are: When is a school private or public? What standards...
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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

...those in state schools. Although private tutors to supplement school work were used...to selective schools were more likely...children in the private school sector to employ...seems likely that private preparatory schools were preparing...
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Public and Private High Schools: The Impact of Communities

Book by James S. Coleman, Thomas Hoffer; Basic Books, 1987

Subjects:

Academic Achievement--United States, Education, Secondary--United States, Private Schools--United States, Public Schools--United States

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...familiar with independent private schools catering to an upper-middle...clientele. Only a minority of private school students attends such schools. Most attend Catholic schools...who attend schools in the private sector is not greatly different...
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Visible Now: Blacks in Private Schools

Book by Diana T. Slaughter, Deborah J. Johnson; Greenwood Press, 1988

Subjects:

African American Children--Education, Private Schools--United States

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...Sally Kilgore High School Achievement: Public. Catholic, and Private Schools Compared New York...Public and Private Schools , 2 vols. Philadelphia...Cibulka, eds., Private School and Public Policy...Is the public school obsolete?" Public...18-27; and "Private Schools for Black Children...
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High School Achievement: Public, Catholic, and Private Schools Compared

Book by James S. Coleman, Thomas Hoffer, Sally Kilgore; Basic Books, 1982

Subjects:

Academic Achievement, High School Students--United States--Statistics

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Entire Library

...programs. 5. Private schools have a narrower range...of participation in school activities outside the classroom. 6. Private schools are unhealthily competitive...premises underlying school policies are held by...the relative roles of private and public schools in America, and some...

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Journal Articles on: private schools

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Private School Location and Neighborhood Characteristics

Journal article by Lisa Barrow; Economic Perspectives, Vol. 25, 2001

Subjects:

Educational services industry--Statistics, Private schools--Research

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...focused on the effect of private schools on public school quality, the relative...greater competition from private schools, the public school students achieve higher...religious schools private schools School-aged population 0...
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The Unintended Effects of Private School Competition

Journal article by Simon Calmar Andersen, Soren Serritzlew; Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, Vol. 17, 2007

Subjects:

Denmark--Education policy, Private schools--Evaluation, Private schools--Management, Private schools--Services

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...quality of public schools increases private school enrollment but that...rather than the private schools. Either way, private school enrollment is affected...Polinard. 1999. Public school quality, private schools, and race. American...
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The Effects of Vouchers and Private Schools in Improving Academic Achievement: a Critique of Advocacy Research

Journal article by Christopher Lubienski, Peter Weitzel; Brigham Young University Law Review, Vol. 2008, 2008

Subjects:

Academic achievement, Education policy, Education reform, Educational vouchers, Private schools, School choice, United States

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...nothing about school effectiveness, since private schools serve, on average...a notable "private school effect"-inherent...advantages for schools in the private...finding a negative private school effect for religious schools.163 Additionally...
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Services for Private School Students under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act: Issues of Statutory Entitlement, Religious Liberty, and Procedural Regularity

Journal article by Mark C. Weber; Journal of Law and Education, Vol. 36, 2007

Subjects:

Americans with Disabilities Act 1990-US, Bills, Education policy, Freedom of religion, Private schools, Students

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Entire Library

...attend private schools. This Article describes the private school student provisions...permissible for public schools to refuse to fully subsidize private school childrens special...of the private schools or by means of private school personnel.16...
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Private Voucher Schools and the First Amendment Right to Discriminate

Journal article by Michael Kavey; Yale Law Journal, Vol. 113, 2003

Subjects:

Church and state--Case notes, Discrimination in education--Case notes, Educational vouchers--Case notes, Freedom of religion--Case notes, Freedom of speech--Case notes, Private schools--Case notes, Zelman v. Simmons-Harris--536 U.S. 639 (2002)

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Entire Library

...Amendment rights of the schools? (2) For example...state require a private school to admit racial...arise when the private school in question is...since voucher schools might argue that...exclusively with private voucher schools. Charter schools--another form of school choice--are...

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Magazine Articles on: private schools

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ESL Programs and Lep Students: a Comparison of Public and Private Schools along the Wasatch Front

Magazine article by Tamee Roberts, Jeremy D. Brunner, Shawn D. Bills; Multicultural Education, Vol. 13, Spring 2006

Subjects:

Educational evaluation, English as a second language--ESL, Minority students, Private schools, Public schools, Second language learning, Utah

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...Analysis on Private Schools-A Brief Portrait, "private school students generally...and one for public schools. Since private school demographics were...selecting public schools and selecting every private school, we ensured that...
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The Private Sector's Market Mentality

Magazine article by Arthur Levine; School Administrator, Vol. 57, May 2000

Subjects:

Business and education--Analysis, Education--Economic aspects, Private sector--Social policy, School management and organization--Economic aspects

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...education market. The private sector has two entrance points to the public school marketplace. They...creating for-profit schools or managing existing...elementary and secondary schools will be more lucrative...that create or manage schools, But what do I know...not-for-profit school, not a businessman...addressed: * What private-sector groups are...
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Private Schools Boom in Zimbabwe: Before the Political and Economic Crisis, Zimbabwe's Public Education System Used to Be One of the Best in Africa. Today It Is a Pale Shadow of Its Former Self, but as Cecil Mapfumo Reports, Private Schools Are Mushrooming, with Parents Happily Paying Small Fortunes to Ensure Their Children Receive the Best Education Available

Magazine article by Cecil Mapfumo; African Business, November 2010

Subjects:

Literacy--Forecasts and trends, Literacy--Zimbabwe, Private schools--Management, Zimbabwe--Educational aspects

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...enrolling them at private schools," she comments. Demand more than supply The private school is not a new phenomenon...and brightly designed private school buses taking kids to private schools have become part of the...
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Reform the Private Schools

Magazine article by Harry Brighouse; New Statesman, Vol. 130, January 8, 2001

Subjects:

Educational services industry--United Kingdom, Private schools--Analysis, Public schools--Analysis

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...status benefits private schools to the tune...against a total school fees turnover...attend a state school, and the private schools may not charge...children attend private schools, almost half...the London School of Economics...
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Public Money & Private Schools

Magazine article by Michael Fletcher; The New Crisis, Vol. 109, September 2002

Subjects:

Educational vouchers, Private schools, Public schools, Supreme Court decisions, Supreme Court-US, Tuition

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...send their children to private schools or to individuals and businesses that contribute to private school scholarship funds. In...proliferation of charter and magnet schools, school privatization and private tutoring paid for with...

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Newspaper Articles on: private schools

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No Tuition Hike for over 90% of Private Schools

Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, June 3, 2010

Subjects:

College costs, Higher education costs, Private schools

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

...of the 9,995 private schools nationwide may...their tuition this school year.This was...tuition increase this school year."While...tuition increases by private schools, this represents...tuition and other school fees are subject...DepEd. "Thus, private schools must comply with...
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Private Schools Gain, Too State Law Diverts Public Money

Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), January 12, 2008

Subjects:

Private schools--Laws, regulations and rules

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

...mix. Some public school advocates opposed...business of funding private schools. "The precedent...Association of School Boards. The state...public dollars to private schools for textbooks...public funding of private schools. Schwarms group...lobbies on behalf of school boards and school...
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Private Schools Call in Bailiffs to Chase Fees

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), May 14, 2011

Subjects:

Collection agencies, Private schools

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

...with the average school shortchanged by...sterling120,000. Private schools previously sought...more than 1,200 schools, described the...for decades. One private school headmaster, who...the child in the school. Figures released...number of pupils at private schools has fallen for...
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Private Schools Face Probe over Charity Status

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), September 22, 2007

Subjects:

Charities--Investigations, Education grants--Investigations, Private schools--Investigations

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

...and a vendetta against private schools isbeing pursued - that...in Moray, Jordanhill School in Glasgow and Merchiston...beingpriced out of providing private school education for their children. Private schools admit more parents are...
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Private Schools Keep Their Grip on Oxbridge Admissions

Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), September 26, 2006

Subjects:

Elementary school students--Surveys, Private schools

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

...HOPKIRK LONDONS private schools have maintained...encourage more state school children to apply...leading state and private schools in the capital...year. State school pupils won 33...pupils at the private schools we spoke to...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: private schools

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School

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

...States, the standard school system developed from...conglomeration of dame schools, reading and writing schools, private academies, Latin grammar...System The free public school system is paralleled in many areas by private and parochial schools . Preparatory schools are private schools operated primarily...
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School Vouchers

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

...income families by providing school tuition that can be used at public or private schools. The idea behind school vouchers is to give parents...assumed that competition from private schools will pressure public schools...
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Parochial School

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

...mid-1960s, Roman Catholic schools began to encounter severe financial problems; many parish schools were closed and the Catholic school population dropped sharply. Although parochial schools still account for the bulk of the attendance at private schools in the United States...
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Nursery School

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

...Vassar. Early American nursery schools were often sponsored by and...universities. The Eliot Pearson School (opened in the 1920s as the...Nursery) is one of the oldest schools of its type and is still affiliated...with Tufts Univ. Few public school systems include nursery education...facilities offered are chiefly private, philanthropic, or cooperative...
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Integration

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

...desegregation now centered upon the school question. By the end of 1957...begun integration of their school systems. Another five states had some integrated schools by 1961. The states mostly...integration of southern school districts was progressing...states were in integrated schools. However, the continuing...tax-exempt, segregated private schools that had been developing...

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