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What are Private Schools or Independent Schools?

Private schools, or independent schools, are schools not administered by local, state, or national government, and therefore have the privilege to select their own student body. They are generally funded in whole or in part by charging their students tuition and are not reliant on public (state) funds.

Private school education in North America covers the the whole spectrum of educational activities and ranges from pre-school to tertiary level institutions. Information relating to these educational activities is provided on our private schools web network and every effort is made to ensure that information is current and relevant.

Secondary Private Schools

Secondary level education includes schools offering grades 7 through 12 and grade 13. This category includes preparatory schools or "prep schools", boarding schools and day schools. Tuition fees at private secondary schools varies from school to school and is dependent on various factors including, the location of the school, the standard of boarding and school facilites, the quality of education provided, the availability of sports programmes,and the availability of grants and bursaries. Some private schools also provide boarding facilities for students.

Religion Affiliated Schools

Religiously affiliated or denominational schools form a different category of private schools. Some of the schools teach religious lessons in class as well as the usual academic subjects while other schools use religion as more of a general label to adhere to the original denomination of the founders of the schools. Many educational alternatives, such as independent schools, are also privately financed. Private schools are often not subject to all state regulations.

Trade or Vocational Schools

Trade or vocational schools are also usually private schools where students are trained for their future occupations. Trade schools exist in a variety of occupations from cosmetology schools to schools for the performing arts.

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Here are some articles to start with...

Are Private Schools Right For Your Kids?
By Ray La Foy
No one can tell you whats right for your children and whats not. You know them better than anyone else possibly can. With that said, however, when it comes to knowing if a private school is the right Read more...

Specialty Boarding Schools
By Steve Valentino
Specialty boarding schools are those that focus on a particular aspect of a child or on particular type of child. There are many categories of specialty boarding schools: religious, military, Read more...

Online Education...an Alternative To Public Schools
By Rollie Fasching, Sat Dec 10th
Have you asked yourself if public schools are really doing allthey can to improve your child and educate him or her for thereal world?Do you try to suppress desires to send them to private Read more...

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The Magic of Special Education Schools
<img class="alignnone" src="http://0.tqn.com/h/privateschool/1/9/M/A/girl-standing-near-a-locker.jpg" alt="girl" /> In recent years, our knowledge of the developmental curve of students with learning disabilities and other special needs has grown. As a result, private special needs schools have sprung up across the country to help students with dyslexia, ADHD, autism, and other learning differences. These schools help students by providing them with small class sizes, specially trained teachers, and a curriculum that caters to their cognitive and social needs. <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://privateschool.about.com/od/schoolsneeds1/a/The-Magic-Of-Special-Education.htm"> Read more about how special needs schools help children.</a> Photo: Yellow Dog Productions/Getty Images <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://privateschool.about.com/b/2012/05/14/the-magic-of-special-education-schools.htm">The Magic of Special Education Schools</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://privateschool.about.com/">About.com Private Schools</a> on Monday, May 14th, 2012 at 08:21:12.<a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://privateschool.about.com/b/2012/05/14/the-magic-of-special-education-schools.htm">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://privateschool.about.com/b/2012/05/14/the-magic-of-special-education-schools.htm#gB3">Comment</a> | <a href="http://privateschool.about.com/gi/pages/shareurl.htm?PG=http://privateschool.about.com/b/2012/05/14/the-magic-of-special-education-schools.htm&zItl=The Magic of Special Education Schools">Email this</a>
Holy Angels Catholic School in Chicago: One of the Largest African-American Catholic Schools in the U.S.
<img class="alignnone" src="http://0.tqn.com/h/privateschool/1/9/L/A/bronzeville-garden.jpg" alt="bronzeville" /> <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://privateschool.about.com/od/chicagoschool1/a/Holy-Angels-Catholic-School.htm">Holy Angels Catholic School, </a> a pre-K though 8th grade Catholic school in the historic Bronzeville neighborhood on the South Side of Chicago, is one of the largest African-American Catholic schools in the nation. Started in the 1880s by Irish immigrants, the church and school now serve the African-American families who began to settle in the neighborhood in the 1920s through 1950s. Formerly led by African-American priest George Clements, who originated the One Church-One Child program to help families in Catholic churches adopt African-American children, the school still caters to working families with extended hours and a rigorous academic program that prepares students to prepare Catholic high schools in the area. Photo: Tending a community garden in Bronzeville, 1971/Robert Abbott Sengstacke, Getty Images<a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://privateschool.about.com/b/2012/05/10/holy-angels-catholic-school-in-chicago-one-of-the-largest-african-american-catholic-schools.htm">Holy Angels Catholic School in Chicago: One of the Largest African-American Catholic Schools in the U.S.</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://privateschool.about.com/">About.com Private Schools</a> on Thursday, May 10th, 2012 at 11:51:56.<a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://privateschool.about.com/b/2012/05/10/holy-angels-catholic-school-in-chicago-one-of-the-largest-african-american-catholic-schools.htm">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://privateschool.about.com/b/2012/05/10/holy-angels-catholic-school-in-chicago-one-of-the-largest-african-american-catholic-schools.htm#gB3">Comment</a> | <a href="http://privateschool.about.com/gi/pages/shareurl.htm?PG=http://privateschool.about.com/b/2012/05/10/holy-angels-catholic-school-in-chicago-one-of-the-largest-african-american-catholic-schools.htm&zItl=Holy Angels Catholic School in Chicago: One of the Largest African-American Catholic Schools in the U.S.">Email this</a>
Private Schools in Cleveland, Ohio
<img class="alignnone" src="http://0.tqn.com/h/privateschool/1/9/K/A/Cleveland-Ohio.jpg" alt="cleveland" /> Cleveland, Ohio is home to a number of private schools, including Montessori schools, Catholic schools, schools for children with learning differences, and single-sex schools. Private schools in the city date back to the founding of Western Reserve College and Academy in 1826, which later became Case Western Reserve University and the separate Western Reserve Academy. <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://privateschool.about.com/od/schoolsoh/a/Private-Schools-In-Cleveland-Ohio.htm">Read more about private schools in Cleveland, Ohio.</a> Photo: Cleveland, Ohio by Nivek Neslo/The Image Bank, Getty Images<a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://privateschool.about.com/b/2012/05/07/private-schools-in-cleveland-ohio.htm">Private Schools in Cleveland, Ohio</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://privateschool.about.com/">About.com Private Schools</a> on Monday, May 7th, 2012 at 10:09:18.<a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://privateschool.about.com/b/2012/05/07/private-schools-in-cleveland-ohio.htm">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://privateschool.about.com/b/2012/05/07/private-schools-in-cleveland-ohio.htm#gB3">Comment</a> | <a href="http://privateschool.about.com/gi/pages/shareurl.htm?PG=http://privateschool.about.com/b/2012/05/07/private-schools-in-cleveland-ohio.htm&zItl=Private Schools in Cleveland, Ohio">Email this</a>

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