The models for Private Schools are different country to country and what is considered a private school in the U.S.A. isn’t always the same thing in another country.
In the United States, the term Private School is applied to any school that is not a recipient of funding from federal, state or local government. Public school is a school that is operated and funded by various government areas, both state and federal. As for the often misunderstood charter schools, these are run independently but with government funding and regulation.
In the interest of providing a college preparatory education, even Private Schools, while exempt from most federal educational regulations, usually follow the basic academic criteria in order to provide students with the information and experience necessary to gain admittance to colleges and universities.
Some areas of the U.S. provide student vouchers for children who are at a disadvantage in their current school district or who have not been able to receive an appropriate education in their public school.
In comparison, Sweden offers more a free choice for all program for students.
USA Today ran a story detailing some of the factors involved in Sweden’s Private Schools and Educational Choice.
It may sound out of place in Sweden, that paragon of taxpayer-funded cradle-to-grave welfare. But a sweeping reform of the school system has survived the critics and 16 years later is spreading and attracting interest abroad
In Sweden, pupils are free to choose a private school and the private school gets paid the same amount as municipal public schools. In 2008 over 10% of Swedish pupils were enrolled in private schools.
They remain completely government-financed and are not allowed to charge tuition fees. The difference is that their government funding goes to private companies which then try to run the schools more cost-effectively and keep whatever taxpayer money they save.
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