Article: Education: Sleeping giants must wake up - fast Boarding schools used to build character. Now they sell convenience to busy, well off parents. Have they any special value left to offer?

Article: Perspective: Why state boarding schools are a new ...
The Birmingham Post (England);  July 22, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... jaundiced view of boarding schools. For example, at my boarding school many years ago ... experience of boarding school as a boy, these ... independent boarding school and hardly any ... school, state boarding schools represent extraordinary ...

Article: Choosing a boarding school; BOARDING ...
The Birmingham Post (England);  May 8, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... education's best kept secret', a State Boarding School also offers an affordable solution ... for admission to one of the 35 state boarding schools found throughout the UK is limited ... is one of the UK's leading state boarding schools for boys from 11-18, with girls ...

Article: So you still want to send the kids to boarding ...
The Independent - London;  March 18, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... closed Wiltshire boarding school, girls passed out ... within the confines of boarding schools, where the private ... formers from a girls' boarding school in Oxfordshire ran ... particularly strong in boarding schools, says Mary MacLeod ...

Article: Boarding schools where the State pays; State of ...
The Daily Mail (London, England);  January 22, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... sector. Research released at the State Boarding Schools' Association (SBSA)annualconference ... exceeding supply. There are 35 state boarding schools and they receivealmost six applicants ... affordable than those of most private boarding schools, asthey charge only for boarding ...

Article: Boarding schools to take in care children.
The Daily Mail (London, England);  November 7, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... evidence that going to boarding school could prevent some youngsters ... show that attending a boarding school may be an appropriate ... shipping out" of children to boarding schools'. She added: 'Boarding school places cannot be seen ...

Article: Study Reveals That Boarding School is Springboard ...
PR Newswire;  July 21, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... culture about boarding schools being havens ... children: * Boarding school students ... academics. * Boarding schools are not homogenous. * Most boarding school students ... sports in boarding schools compared ... schools. * Boarding school ...

Article: BOOK REVIEW: 'Prep' hits home with many Duke boarding ...
University Wire;  March 3, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... found in America's boarding schools. But many Duke boarding school veterans said the ... schools, including boarding schools. Boarding schools and typical public ... wealth and youth, and boarding school is one setting where ...