private school
noun
: a school that is established, conducted, and primarily supported by a nongovernmental agency
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For Marrone, the scholarship initiative is also an opportunity to demonstrate how innovative private schools can complement—not compete with—the broader public education system.
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Kerry McDonald, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
The Simmons boys were on work scholarships at their private school growing up.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 14 May 2026
Republicans are sending our tax dollars to private schools and as a result, are severely underfunding our neighborhood schools.
—Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 May 2026
Sokoloff, 37, grew up in a Holmby Hills mansion alongside neighbors like Hugh Hefner and Larry Gagosian, and attended the prestigious local private school Harvard-Westlake before graduating from Yale.
—Gary Baum, HollywoodReporter, 13 May 2026
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Kerry McDonald, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
The Simmons boys were on work scholarships at their private school growing up.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 14 May 2026
Republicans are sending our tax dollars to private schools and as a result, are severely underfunding our neighborhood schools.
—Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 May 2026
Sokoloff, 37, grew up in a Holmby Hills mansion alongside neighbors like Hugh Hefner and Larry Gagosian, and attended the prestigious local private school Harvard-Westlake before graduating from Yale.
—Gary Baum, HollywoodReporter, 13 May 2026
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“Private school.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/private%20school. Accessed 17 May. 2026.
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