private school
Fee-based education
A private school is one funded by tuition and private sources rather than by government.
Private schools set their own admissions standards, curriculum, and policies, often emphasizing particular educational philosophies, religious traditions, or academic rigor.
The term sometimes carries connotations of exclusivity or privilege: He went to private school in Connecticut.
Costs for services
- tuitionPayment for instruction
- enrollmentAct of registering officially
- financial aidFunding for education expenses
- scholarshipsFunds awarded for study
costly · affordability · payment plans · expense · investment · endowment · donations · fundraising
Hedera collective in sports
- preparatoryDone before something else
- academyInstitution of learning
- reputationCollective opinion of someone
- traditionCustom passed through generations
excellence · headmaster · venerable · legacy · alumni · college prep · Oxbridge · rankings
Superior select group
- selectiveChoosing with care
- privilegedHaving special advantages
- affluentHaving abundant financial resources
- gatedHaving a barrier entrance
socioeconomic · barrier · inequality · wealth · insular · restrictive · status · prestige
Semiformal tailored jacket
- tieEqual score, or neckwear
- plaidWoven crisscross pattern
- dress codeStandards for acceptable attire
- crestHighest point or tuft
badge · kilt · polo shirt · loafers · cardigan · jumper · pleated skirt · monogram
Narrow in perspective
- MontessoriChild-led educational philosophy
- WaldorfSalad or school type
- seminaryClergy training college
- military academyInstitution training future officers
single-sex · coeducational · independent · charter · yeshiva · madrasah
fees
Costs for services
- tuitionPayment for instruction
- enrollmentAct of registering officially
- financial aidFunding for education expenses
scholarships · costly · affordability · payment plans · expense · investment · endowment · donations · fundraising · capital campaign
ivy league
Hedera collective in sports
- preparatoryDone before something else
- academyInstitution of learning
- reputationCollective opinion of someone
tradition · excellence · headmaster · venerable · legacy · alumni · college prep · Oxbridge · rankings · accreditation
elite
Superior select group
- selectiveChoosing with care
- privilegedHaving special advantages
- affluentHaving abundant financial resources
gated · socioeconomic · barrier · inequality · wealth · insular · restrictive · status · prestige · networking
blazer
Semiformal tailored jacket
- tieEqual score, or neckwear
- plaidWoven crisscross pattern
- dress codeStandards for acceptable attire
crest · badge · kilt · polo shirt · loafers · cardigan · jumper · pleated skirt · monogram · emblem
parochial
Narrow in perspective
- MontessoriChild-led educational philosophy
- WaldorfSalad or school type
- seminaryClergy training college
military academy · single-sex · coeducational · independent · charter · yeshiva · madrasah
- K-12 Schoolsstudent, classroom, desk, hallway, cafeteria
- school coststuition fees, student loans, financial aid, fees, dorm fees
- Australian Schoolspreschool, kindergarten, prep, classroom, canteen
- education inequalityachievement gap, inequality, opportunity gap, social mobility, class divide
- Prep Schoolheadmaster, blazer, lacrosse, crew team, legacy admission
- prep schoolsacademy, Andover, Exeter, St. Paul's, Spence
private schoolpublic school
Free government-run education
state school · county school · community school · free school · comprehensive school
private schoolhomeschool
Teach children at residence
home education · homeschooling · unschooling · self-directed learning
school, private, privacy, schooling, schooled, schools, deprive, privately, deprived