private school
noun
: a school that is established, conducted, and primarily supported by a nongovernmental agency
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The legislature advanced a bill that would prohibit parents in the future from citing religious beliefs as a reason not to vaccinate their school-age children but agreed to grandfather in all children in public and private schools who had held religious exemptions from vaccination.
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Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 10 Dec. 2024
Mangione was 2016 class valedictorian at the Gilman School, a local private school, and graduated from the Ivy League University of Pennsylvania in 2020 with a combined Masters and Bachelor degree in computer engineering, according to his LinkedIn profile.
—Jonathan Limehouse, USA TODAY, 9 Dec. 2024
Black freshman enrollment dropped sharply at both highly selective public institutions (19.6%) and highly selective private schools (13.8%).
—Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
These changes in education have coincided with an onslaught led by politicians against the public school system that has encouraged a decrease in investment in schools, and for parents who can afford it to move their children to private schools or find alternative education.
—Mary Dagold, Baltimore Sun, 21 Nov. 2024
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Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 10 Dec. 2024
Mangione was 2016 class valedictorian at the Gilman School, a local private school, and graduated from the Ivy League University of Pennsylvania in 2020 with a combined Masters and Bachelor degree in computer engineering, according to his LinkedIn profile.
—Jonathan Limehouse, USA TODAY, 9 Dec. 2024
Black freshman enrollment dropped sharply at both highly selective public institutions (19.6%) and highly selective private schools (13.8%).
—Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
These changes in education have coincided with an onslaught led by politicians against the public school system that has encouraged a decrease in investment in schools, and for parents who can afford it to move their children to private schools or find alternative education.
—Mary Dagold, Baltimore Sun, 21 Nov. 2024
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“Private school.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/private%20school. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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