In education, the phrase alternative school usually refers to a school based on a non-traditional, new, or non-standard educational philosophy. A wide range of philosophies and teaching methods are offered by alternative schools; some have strong political, scholarly, or philosophical orientations, while others are more ad-hoc assemblies of teachers and students dissatisfied with some aspect of mainstream education. In many instances the alternative schools tend to be smaller than regular schools and teachers and students are c ...

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The school itself centers around a Victorian mansion, set in 250 acres (1 km²) of pastoral grounds. There have been, and continue to be, many improvements to the site. There is now a Sports Centre (known as "SPLASH"), a science block ("Leelands"), a Design Technology centre and a new energy-efficient Study Centre. The latter comprises the library as well as new-age classrooms, featuring "interactive whiteboard" technology and IT clusters known as "break-out spaces".. New plans are being drafted for a Drama building, at the cost of £2.3 million... B ...

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Boarding school - Typical UK boarding school characteristics. The term boarding school often refers to classic British boarding school, and most boarding schools around the world are modelled on the classic British boarding school. It is of the essence of such schools that they are entirely free to make all their own educational and other arrangements, so this can only be an il ...

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Boarding schools and their surrounding settings and situations have become almost a genre in (mostly) British literature with its own identifiable conventions. Notable examples of the school story include: Charles Dickens's Nicholas Nickleby serialised novel (1838) Thomas Hughes's Tom Brown's Schooldays novel (1857) Rudyard Kipling's Stalky & Co novel (1899) Frank Richards's Billy Bunter long-running series (from 1908) Hugh Walpole's Jeremy at Crale novel ...

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Boarding schools and their surrounding settings and situations have become almost a genre in (mostly) British literature with its own identifiable conventions. Notable examples include: Charles Dickens's Nicholas Nickleby serialised novel (1838) Thomas Hughes's Tom Brown's Schooldays novel (1857) Rudyard Kipling's Stalky & Co novel (1899) Frank Richards's Billy Bunter long-running series (from 1908) Hugh Walpole's Jeremy at Crale novel (1927) Jam ...

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Oakham School offers academic programmes for boys and girls aged 10 to 18 years. Oakham School - The lower School - Jerwoods. All pupils study English, Mathematics, French, Science, History, Geography, Religious Education, Information and Communication Technology(ICT), and a series of Creative Arts courses and most pupils take Latin. English History Mathematics Geography French Latin Creative Arts Religious Education Science Physical Education Information ...

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The school community is divided into houses: Boys: Michell House Cotton House Kilbraken House School Field House Sheriff House School House Whitelaw House Town House Girls: Griffin House Bradley House Rupert Brooke House Dean House Tudor House Southfield House Stanley House (6th form) See also:

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Founded in 1584 by Archdeacon Robert Johnson of the Diocese of Leicester (1599–1625), as was possible then, was at one time able to collect the income from four further church posts. He used his wealth to set up a number of charitable institutions, including the two free grammar schools at Oakham and Uppingham. As someone on the Puritan wing of the Church of England he had a strong belief in the benefits of education. According to Johnson's statutes for the school, 'the schoolmaster shall teach all those grammar scholars that ...

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Broad categories of alternative schools include Montessori schools, Waldorf schools, Democratic Schools, and those based on experiential education. Well-known individual examples include Summerhill School, Sudbury Valley School, Burchell High School, H-B Woodlawn, Community High School in Ann Arbor, Michigan, The Putney School and The Mountain School. The open classroom philosophy of education, originating in Britain, also has a following among various educational institutions in the United States. Perhaps the most extreme example of a schooling alternative is the Sudbury Valley School model, in ...

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Broad categories of alternative schools include Montessori schools, Waldorf schools, Democratic Schools, and those based on experiential education. Well-known individual examples include Summerhill School, Sudbury Valley School,Burchell High School, H-B Woodlawn, The Putney School and The Mountain School. The open classroom philosophy of education, originating in Britain, also has a following among various educational institutions in the United States. Perhaps the most extreme example of a schooling alternative is the Sudbury Valley School model, in ...

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The Dragon School was founded in 1877, and was originally named the Oxford Preparatory School. Soon after its founding, it moved to its present site in Bardwell Road in the northern part of the city, just to the west of the River Cherwell. It gained its current name through the success of its rugby first XV, nicknamed 'The Dragons'. The school was run for many years by the Lynam family, and according to its website their leadership led to its becoming "arguably the best known of all preparatory ...

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Every Sudbury School is run by a weekly School Meeting sometimes in conjunction with an annual assembly. These meetings are modeled after the traditional New England Town Meeting. Most of the schools run this meeting using Robert's Rules of Order, with an elected Chairperson presiding over the meeting and a Secretary recording the minutes. All aspects of governing a Sudbury School are ultimately determined by the School Meeting. The weekly agenda may range from changes to the school's rules, to spending money within the budget, to hir ...

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In Australia, Catholic schools, like independent and private schools, receive funding from the Commonwealth Government as well as through fees and fund-raising. This is in contrast to state schools which are predominately funded by State governments. The school lands and buildings are owned by the Church. While there are some in Australia who advocate the cessation of state aid to non-government (including Catholic) schools, they have not significantly influence ...

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Some members of the public are dissatisfied with educational quality and school district bureaucracies (Jenkins and Dow 1996). Today's charter-school initiatives are rooted in the educational reforms of the 1980s and 1990s, from state mandates to improve instruction, to school-based management, school restructuring, and private/public-choice initiatives. The charter approach uses market principles while insisting that schools be nonsectarian and democratic. Many people, such as former President Bill Clinton, see charter schools, with ...

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It is common for Korean school-children to attend one or more institutes after their elementary school-day is finished. Some types of institutes include math, science, art, and English. English-language institutes are particularly popular. Many native English-speakers are hired to teach at English-language institutes in Korea, refered to as English hagwons. The requirements for such a teaching position include a 4-year university degree, citizenship in an English-speaking country, and the ability to sign a contract for one year ...

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Hockaday has occupied its current campus in a residential area of Northwest Dallas since 1961. The enrollment is approximately 1000 students from pre-K to 12, about 450 in the Upper School. The student to faculty ratio is approximately 10:1, and 100% of graduating seniors go on to college. Recent graduates have attended F. W. Olin College of Engineering, Harvard, Yale, UPenn, UT-Austin, USC, Princet ...

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In Canada, Catholic schools are referred to as 'separate schools', but they are funded by tax dollars from residents who request that their school tax be directed from public to separate schools. A UN commitee has accused the Ontario Ministry of Education of discriminating against non-Catholics by not funding their separate schools. Catholic school - Public schools in Québec. Public schools in the province of Québec were organized along confessional lines until amendments to the Education Act took effect ...

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A secondary danger of school shootings is that, like youth suicide, they have a tendency to inspire "copycat" incidents or even epidemics of the same behavior. After the Columbine massacre, for example, a number of American and Canadian high school students plotted "Columbine-like" attacks; the vast majority of these plots were half-baked and unlikely ever to be taken to execution; of those attempted, almost all were foiled. The Red Lake High School massacre in 2005 (Red Lake, Minnesota) was a notable exception, copying th ...

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