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Rise in private school enrollments could pose a problem for public schools

by Elizabeth Trovall
Apr 1, 2024
Public schools' funding partly depends on how many pupils are enrolled. Also, parents leaving the public system may be less willing to have their taxes pay for it.
“Many school districts have been using those federal resources to prop up their budgets during a period of sustained enrollment decline,” said Stanford University’s Tom Dee.
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The UK's private schools may be getting even more expensive

by James Graham
Oct 19, 2023
Labour, the main opposition party in the United Kingdom, wants to undo a tax exemption private schools have enjoyed for decades.
Eton College, an elite private school west of London for the wealthy and famous, pictured in 2015.
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How a group of teachers in Nashville is bridging the public-private divide

by Natasha Senjanovic
Jun 10, 2019
The educators behind the new cooperative model hope to take it to schools nationwide.
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Big labor win for grad students at private colleges

by Andy Uhler
Aug 24, 2016
On many campuses, many graduate students plan to organize.
A view of Columbia University.
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