private school
noun
: a school that is established, conducted, and primarily supported by a nongovernmental agency
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Taxing universities, boosting private schools The bill would increase taxes on private university endowments.
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Riley Beggin, USA Today, 23 May 2025
The state's Education Freedom Accounts are vouchers designed to help students attend private school, parochial school or homeschooling and were created under Sanders' signature education initiative, called the LEARNS Act, which was enacted in the 2023 regular session.
—Michael R. Wickline, Arkansas Online, 22 May 2025
The well-off were more likely to have children in private schools, which largely stayed open, and to have jobs that could be done remotely.
—Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 19 May 2025
Cassandra Hulsey, the special education director at the Hutto Independent School District, told the Houston Chronicle that the district has received five evaluation requests from parents of children in private schools or homeschooled.
—Khaleda Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 May 2025
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Riley Beggin, USA Today, 23 May 2025
The state's Education Freedom Accounts are vouchers designed to help students attend private school, parochial school or homeschooling and were created under Sanders' signature education initiative, called the LEARNS Act, which was enacted in the 2023 regular session.
—Michael R. Wickline, Arkansas Online, 22 May 2025
The well-off were more likely to have children in private schools, which largely stayed open, and to have jobs that could be done remotely.
—Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 19 May 2025
Cassandra Hulsey, the special education director at the Hutto Independent School District, told the Houston Chronicle that the district has received five evaluation requests from parents of children in private schools or homeschooled.
—Khaleda Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 May 2025
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“Private school.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/private%20school. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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