Private schools trump public High standards, lack of students with needs...

The Gazette;  December 24, 2005 ;     685 words ......bodies at private schools lacked the...diversity of public schools, and their...students in private schools than in public schools said at least...imply that private schools are better than public schools, as they...

New kid on the block? A closer look at America's private schools.

Brookings Review;  January 1, 1997 ;     700+ words ......1830 to 1980 public schools held center...mobility. Private schools were small...What are private schools like? Are...managed than public schools? More economical...learn more at private schools than at public schools? Do private ...

Private schools get legal protection

China Daily;  March 26, 2004 ;     314 words ......should be run and private schools began to operate...private and public schools should be put...who study in private schools will enjoy the...who study in public schools, she explained...down, she said. Private schools have played an...pressure on ...

Feud far from being settled: Scheduling boycott of private schools by...

Messenger-Inquirer (Owensboro, KY);  September 24, 2007 ;     700+ words ......the public vs. private schools athletics debate could lead to public schools trying to boycott playing private schools. That was one...frustration from the public schools has been aimed...schools. The large private schools in Louisville...other ...

What do we know about school effectiveness? Academic gains in public and...

Phi Delta Kappan;  May 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ......belief that private schools are inherently better than public schools. To answer...average, than public schools. But it was...recognized that private schools, on average...practices in private schools were shaping...replicated in public ...

Finding the right fit: Public or private schools? Both settings have much...

Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  February 13, 2000 ;     700+ words ......quality of public schools and a new...students bombard private schools with written...queries. New private schools are being...same time, public schools have made...is better: public or private...public and private schools stack ...

PRIVATE SCHOOLS APPEAL TO MANY IN PUBLIC.(GENERAL NEWS)

The News & Record (Piedmont Triad, NC);  May 5, 1996 ;     700+ words ......classrooms. Private schools have long...advantages over public schools - including...abandoning public schools for private schools have become...considers private schools a better option than public schools. In a News...

Private schools band together to draw pupils ; Goal is to leverage woes at...

Columbia Daily Tribune;  October 2, 2008 ;     638 words ......to attend private schools. Keene hopes...environment. "The public schools of Columbia...Columbia Public Schools' boundaries attend private schools, and he suspects...Columbia Public Schools as providing...education." Private schools compete ...

Tests show private schools pay dividends: By the eighth grade, even in the...

Buffalo News (Buffalo, NY);  December 4, 2006 ;     700+ words ......public and private schools was negligible. The public schools did a slightly...certified in private schools, as it does for public schools. In many of the better private schools, principals...are in the public schools. Teachers are ...

China has more than 70,000 private schools

Xinhua News Agency;  March 26, 2004 ;     278 words ......than 70,000 private schools BEIJING, March...state-funded public schools dominate, China...than 70,000 private schools ranging from...should be run and private schools began to operate...private and public schools should be put...who study in ...

Debate over `choice' and private schools

The Boston Globe;  August 4, 1991 ;     529 words ......the value of public schools. Some parents...suspicion that public schools aren't working...opted for private schools, some church-r...see in the public schools the basic...tuition. Some private schools would approve...subcommittee that private ...

NSW: Private schools are not elite, study

AAP General News (Australia);  August 1, 2000 ;     201 words ......send their kids to private schools while poorer people stick with public schools, arguing that many...their children to private schools. The report suggests...cent of students at private schools are from families...superior performance of private schools ...

NATION'S REPORT CARD SHOWS THAT PRIVATE SCHOOLS CONTINUE TO OUTPERFORM...

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  February 2, 2006 ;     619 words ......that students in private schools outperform students in public schools. These higher...500) of 216 for public schools and 235 for private schools at grade 4 and 261 for public schools and 282 for private schools at grade 8. Similar...

Self-report touts private schools; Group uses findings on cost, quality,...

Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  October 25, 1996 ;     504 words ...Saying that private schools in Minnesota...cost than do public schools, a group...the group, private schools enroll a...those in public schools and includes...public and private schools. In addition, the costs at public schools include ...

Nation's Report Card Shows That Private Schools Continue to Outperform...

PR Newswire;  February 2, 2006 ;     507 words ......that students in private schools outperform students in public schools. These higher...500) of 216 for public schools and 235 for private schools at grade 4 and 261 for public schools and 282 for private schools at grade 8. Similar...