private school

a school established and controlled privately and supported by endowment and tuition

Private schools, or independent schools, are schools not administered by local or national government, which retain the right to select their student body and are funded in whole or in part by charging their students tuition rather than with public (state) funds. In the United Kingdom and some other Commonwealth of NationsCommonwealth countries the use of the term is generally restricted to primary educationprimary and secondary educationsecondary educational levels: it is almost never used of universities or other tertiary educationtertiary institutions.

Types of private school in North America - Private education covers the whole gamut of educational activity. Private schools range from pre-school to tertiary level institutions.The secondary level includes schools offering grades 7 through 12 and post-graduate or grade 13. This category includes preparatory schools or "prep schools", boarding schools and day schools. Tuition at private secondary schools varies from school to school and depends on many factors, including the location of the school, the willingness of parents to pay, peer tuitions, and the Financial endowmentendowment. High tuition, schools claim, is used to pay higher salaries for the best teachers, and also used to provide enriched learning environments including a low student to teacher ratio, small class sizes and services such as libraries, science laboratories, and computers. Many private schools are boarding schools. Some military schools are privately owned or operated as well.Trade or vocational schools are also usually private schools where students can learn skills in a trade which they intend to make their future occupation. Trade schools exist in a variety of occupations from cosmetologistcosmetology schools to schools for the performing arts.Religiously affiliated schools (also called parochial schools, though this term is often used to denote Catholic-affiliated schools from Protestant-affiliated ones) form a distinct category of private school. Such schools teach religious educationreligious lessons, often alongside a secular education, to instill religious knowledge and a strong religious identity in the students who attend.Many alternative schools, such as independent schools, are also privately financed. Private schools can often avoid some state regulations which might make alternative methods of schooling more difficult, and they are often easier for a small group of committed parents or teachers to create and maintain than state-funded schools.Finally, special assistance schools aim to improve the lives of their students by providing services tailored to very specific needs of individual students. Such schools include tutoring schools and schools to assist the learning of handicapped children.

Types of private school in England and Wales - Generally called independent schools because of their freedom to operate outside of government regulation, private schools are favoured by a significant minority of parents because of their frequent achievement of academic standards higher than those of the state sector. Independent primary schools are called ''preparatory school (UK)preparatory schools'', preparing pupils not for admission to a university as in the United States, but to an independent secondary school. Such independent secondary schools are often - somewhat confusingly - called public school (England)public schools, though this term is primarily used of the older and more prestigious schools, like Eton CollegeEton and Harrow SchoolHarrow. Many of these schools are boarding schools.Due to their ancient foundation, many public schools have a religious character, although this does not generally aim at pupils' religious indoctrination and does not preclude pupils of other faiths attending if they wish. Religion is not as important an aspect in the majority of parents' decision to send their child to an independent school as it is in the United States, due to the requirement of state schools to timetable periods of Christian worship. Although the majority of independent schools in England and Wales aim at high academic standards, a small number provide support for those experiencing difficulties in mainstream education.

See also -

Catholic school

Public school

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External links -

nais.org - National Association of Independent Schools

schools.com - The Association of Boarding Schools

Carden West School
Success for Every Child Every Day Private Non-Sectarian School Preschool - 5th Grade
http://www.cardenwest.org/

Madison Country Day School
At Madison Country Day School, it is our guiding mission and promise to: • provide an intellectually stimulating, personally enriching and academically challenging program in the liberal arts and sciences to an able and diverse student body; • measure the curriculum and student achievement against the finest programs in the world; and • contribute to the larger community by developing effective educational programs to serve as models for other public and private schools. MCDS sets for its students the highest standards of academic achievement, intellectual growth, ethical awareness and behavior, athletic endeavor and sportsmanship, extracurricular involvement and service to others. We believe these are standards that foster leaders in the school today and in our communities tomorrow. Our primary commitment is to a rigorous academic program. We offer a curriculum that prepares students to exceed the admissions standards of the most selective colleges and universities in the country.
http://www.madisoncountryday.org/

Times Tales
Ctreative learning and educational products, including Times Tales and many more! Make education FUN!
http://www.timestales.com/

Trigger Memory Systems
Creative, non-traditional educational products including Times Tales and many more! Make learning FUN!
http://www.triggermemorysystem.com/

Grace Community School
Grace Community School exists as a biblically-based, academically excellent, affordable ministry to Christian families seeking to educate, encourage and equip their children to influence the world for Christ. Grace seeks to develop caring, confident, inquisitive, competent individuals with well-trained intellects, subject to righteous, God-directed character.
http://www.gracetyler.org/

Venta Preparatory School
A day and boarding school for boys and girls in Grades 1 - 10
http://www.ventapreparatoryschool.com/

National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
Primary federal entity for collecting and analyzing educational data in the United States and other nations. Survey and program areas, electronic catalog, tables and figures, and locator services are provided.
http://nces.ed.gov/

Mississippi Private School Association
Association for athletics and accreditation of private schools in Mississippi and surrounding states.
http://www.mpsa.org/

American School Directory
Directory of 108,000 K-12 schools in the United States.
http://www.asd.com/