private schooling
Fee-paying academy enrollment
Private schooling is education provided by institutions that operate independently of government funding and control, typically charging tuition.
Parents choose private schooling for religious instruction, academic rigor, smaller classes, or social selectivity: They couldn't afford private schooling on one income.
The term encompasses everything from elite prep schools to parochial schools to alternative academies.
- boarding schoolResidential academic institution
- tuition feesCharges for instruction
- parochial schoolChurch-sponsored educational institution
- international schoolSchool serving multiple nationalities
- preparatory schoolPre-university private institution
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- educationeducation, school, schools, teachers, students
- Arab educationprimary education, secondary education, higher education, Islamic education, religious education
- Oceania Educationprimary schools, secondary schools, high schools, universities, tertiary education
private schoolingpublic schooling
Government-provided K-12 instruction
public education · state education · state-funded education · public school system · community schools
private schoolingpublic schooling
Government-provided K-12 instruction
free education · universal education · democratic education · mass education · comprehensive schools
private schoolinghomeschooling
Family-directed academic instruction
home education · unschooling · autodidacticism · self-directed learning · informal education