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My apologies if this is well tread ground, but ElizaD's topic got me wondering. I know that in the UK, "public school" means what we yanks call a private school (supported by tuition charges as...

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Can I amend your question, daffyduck? Why would a school that you pay to attend be called a public school? Shouldn't the public part mean it's open to the public?

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EDIT Public or Independent Schools.State Education~Generic title is "state schools" They are either LEA (Local Education Authority) or can opt out to be Grant Maintained - the former mostly funded by...

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Not all independent - i.e., fee-paying - schools in the UK are technically public schools. In order to be a public school it must belong to one of the public school associations such as the...

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Many grant-maintained schools in the UK are church-supported. Part of their funding comes from direct government grants, part from church donations. Obviously a school supported by a church will have...

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the generic term for a school paid for by taxes in the UK is a state school

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Could someone explain the last few posts to an Ublischer? First, let me join the ranks of who celebrate the return of David "dmadams" to these discussions.To the question: Education (public education)...

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Thanks, dhurd. While reading these posts late last night I was beginning to feel like Alice Through the Looking Glass. I had had a few beers, and prefer to keep a civil tongue, so I didn't post...

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I've whacked most of the political discussion in this thread. I retained a couple of posts that provided some info on how US schools are funded.

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I'm sure this thread is going to be (and should be) whackedprobably so, but thanks for the link and varied opinions, y'all.

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I'm still wondering about DaveM's amendment. Why the opposite meanings for the term "public school" on the opposite sides of the pond?

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The answer seems to lie within ht's link (posted several above this); the fact that the link is to wikepedia needn't be worrisome, as the contents are taken from UK Government records. In summary,...

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Perhaps it was in a link I didn't follow, but I don't see a reference in what remains of this thread to the idea that a public school education is in contrast to the private education well-off...

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Yes, it was, as far as I can make out. But that doesn't explain the current contrast between UK and US 'public' and 'private' education - which seems to arise later than that pre-Act distinction made...

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Many thanks to all. By jove, I think I've got it!

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OK, I think we've all got the idea that "public" means the "paying public", but...what of "private", "prep" and "parochial"? Do Britons use these terms at all?

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private - you could use this people would know when you said X goes to a private school you meant a public school - probably would be more likely to use it for phrase 'private education'kids not...

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Yes. We use private and preparatory for (I'm really sorry about this) Public Schooling. Preparatory schools prepare kids for Public schools - that is, schools for the fee-paying public and (lest we...

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Just for the record, "prep school" covers well up into the high school grades in the US. We would call Eton, for example, the UK's foremost prep school."Prep school"s are supposed to be GOOD, so one...

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In Australia, the schools run by the states are called State schools. The privately run schools are called Private schools.

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