state education
Government-funded learning
State education is schooling provided and funded by the government rather than private institutions.
The term is primarily British; Americans typically say public education or public schools.
State education is usually free at the point of use and compulsory through certain ages: She's a product of state education.
The phrase often arises in debates about educational quality and funding.
- primary schoolEarly childhood education institution
- public universityGovernment-funded higher education institution
- student loansBorrowed funds for tuition
- gap yearPlanned educational hiatus
- curriculum standardsRequired educational content specifications
secondary school · head teacher · class size · free school meals · federal grants · vocational school · literacy programs · core subjects · school board · disability accommodations · teacher salaries · taxpayer funding · community college · school funding · scholarship program · national curriculum · civics · enrollment
- state governmentgovernor's office, legislature, lieutenant governor, attorney general, departments
- East German policyfull employment, planned economy, free healthcare, housing allocation, kindergartens
- Soviet educationliteracy campaigns, party schools, free tuition, universal access, political indoctrination
- educationschool, schools, teachers, students, learning
- school staffteacher, teachers, principal, professor, librarian
- East GermanyStasi, GDR, DDR, Berlin Wall, East Germany
state educationprivate education
Non-state-funded instruction
private schooling · private tuition · independent schools · elite education · parochial education
state educationhomeschooling
Family-directed academic instruction
home education · unschooling · autodidacticism · self-education · private tutoring