private school
noun
: a school that is established, conducted, and primarily supported by a nongovernmental agency
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The decline of the liberal arts school Almost every school is struggling, but the enrollment cliff is an existential challenge for the legions of small private schools spread across the country.
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Tristan Bove, Fortune, 20 June 2026
The Educational Freedom Account program, which is entering its second year of being open to every Arkansas student, greatly expanded state taxpayer funding of private school tuition and other costs, as well as some homeschool expenses.
—Arkansas Online, 19 June 2026
If approved, Indiana’s waiver would have allowed the state to direct its $25 million away from traditional districts to charter schools or private schools.
—Carole Carlson, Chicago Tribune, 19 June 2026
In a world of jaded billionaires, psychiatrist-gurus, bio-hacked tech bros, AI labs and disillusioned teens being optimized in elite private schools, an audacious data-mining CEO (Billy Magnussen) strives to turn insight and influence into profit and power.
—Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 16 June 2026
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Tristan Bove, Fortune, 20 June 2026
The Educational Freedom Account program, which is entering its second year of being open to every Arkansas student, greatly expanded state taxpayer funding of private school tuition and other costs, as well as some homeschool expenses.
—Arkansas Online, 19 June 2026
If approved, Indiana’s waiver would have allowed the state to direct its $25 million away from traditional districts to charter schools or private schools.
—Carole Carlson, Chicago Tribune, 19 June 2026
In a world of jaded billionaires, psychiatrist-gurus, bio-hacked tech bros, AI labs and disillusioned teens being optimized in elite private schools, an audacious data-mining CEO (Billy Magnussen) strives to turn insight and influence into profit and power.
—Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 16 June 2026
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“Private school.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/private%20school. Accessed 21 Jun. 2026.
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