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NEWS ABOUT: private schools

private schools stories: 13 news summaries

 Fla. Teacher Cops 
 to Sex With Boy, 15; 
 Mom Approves 

15-year-old boy's mother approved of affair

May 27, 09 12:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - A teacher at a Florida private school has resigned and been charged with sexual battery of a child for allegedly carrying on an affair with a 15-year-old student, the Miami Herald reports. Maria Hernandez, 32, was arrested upon the pair's return from Disney World and admitted to sleeping with the... More »

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crime • sex • affair • student • private schools • teacher • religious school

 Swine Flu Shuts 2nd NY School 

Dozens of children call in sick in second major outbreak in Queens

Apr 29, 09 2:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - A second school in Queens has been shut down after dozens of students suffered symptoms of swine flu, reports the New York Daily News. Cases have also been found in Brooklyn and the Bronx, and an outbreak is suspected at a Catholic school in Manhattan. The public school closed yesterday,... More »

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New York City • Mexico • Michael Bloomberg • Queens • illness • influenza • public schools • private schools • students • swine flu

 After Day of Rest, 
 First Daughters 
 Back to School 

Exciting Inauguration Day ended with Jonas Brothers visit

Jan 22, 09 12:15 PM CST
(Newser) - Sasha and Malia Obama are back in school today, after taking yesterday off to recover from inauguration fever, the AP reports. The First Daughters spent Tuesday smiling and waving, and were up late with surprise visitors the Jonas Brothers while their parents were out at the balls. The girls are... More »

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back to school • private schools • Malia Obama • Sasha Obama • President Obama • Inauguration Day • Sidwell Friends School

 Obama 
 Daughters 
 Start School 

Barack gets teary as new life begins

Jan 5, 09 10:05 AM CST
(Newser) - Like millions of other children, the Obama girls returned to school today. Unlike the rest of the nations’ kids, they were accompanied by a cadre of police, Secret Service agents, and media, the Washington Post reports. The Obama family’s new life in Washington is off to its official start,... More »

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education • Barack Obama • Michelle Obama • private schools • first daughter • Malia Obama • Sasha Obama • President Obama • Sidwell Friends School • Obama family

Colleges Seek Kids' Opinions on Grapefruit, Perfect Crime

Quirky questions catch students off-guard

Dec 9, 08 12:34 PM CST
(Newser) - Bored with prospective students regurgitating textbook knowledge, Cambridge and Oxford have revamped their interview questions to include the abstract (Would you rather be a novel or a poem?), the existential (What does it mean to be happy?), and the downright crazy (How would you poison someone and get away with... More »

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college admissions • Cambridge • Oxford • private schools • interview • college preparation

 Obama Girls Visit DC Schools 

Private schools likely for first daughters

Nov 18, 08 1:31 PM CST
(Newser) - Sasha and Malia Obama visited their mother's shortlist of Washington schools today, the AP reports. Reporters scoured the Beltway for signs of their motorcade, making a possible sighting outside the diverse Georgetown Day School. Chelsea Clinton's alma mater, Sidwell Friends, is also expected to be an option, as are DC's... More »

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education • Barack Obama • Michelle Obama • public schools • private schools • Malia Obama • Sasha Obama • President Obama

DC Schools 
Clamoring for 
Obama Girls 

Michelle visits private schools competing for first kids

Nov 15, 08 2:12 PM CST
(Newser) - The politicos are debating Barack Obama's cabinet, but Washington’s parents are intent on another Presidential speculation: Where will the Obama girls go to school? Michelle Obama toured two of DC’s top private schools last week, and a third top academy is also thought to be on the shortlist.... More »

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education • Barack Obama • parenting • Michelle Obama • public schools • private schools • Malia Obama • Sasha Obama • Obama family

Analysis

 DC Schools 
 Compete for 
 First Daughters 

Washington's elite institutions vie for first daughters

Nov 10, 08 12:24 PM CST
(Newser) - As the Obamas head to Washington, the locals are abuzz about which private school might land first daughters Malia and Sasha. The Quaker school Sidwell Friends, Chelsea Clinton's alma mater, offers a host of big Beltway names, including some Biden grandkids. But many of them are Clintonites. “Imagine the... More »

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Barack Obama • Michelle Obama • public schools • private schools • Washington, DC • Malia Obama • Sasha Obama • President Obama

OPINION

PTA Mom: Gotta Love Palin for Public Schooling Kids

Advocate (and Dem) Tsing Loh disturbed to see candidates' offspring in private education

Sep 10, 08 4:32 PM CDT
(Newser) - Sandra Tsing Loh likes Barack and Michelle Obama’s politics, but, as a proud PTA mom, wonders why they couldn’t send their kids to a public school in their native Chicago, she writes in the New York Times. The inclusion of middle-class or affluent children, especially from families who... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • Joe Biden • University of Chicago • public schools • private schools • Sarah Palin

OPINION

So What If
Will Smith's
School Preaches Scientology?

Actor denies it, but live and let live, writes LAT

Jul 1, 08 12:19 PM CDT
(Newser) - Will Smith denies he, wife Jada Pinkett-Smith, or the school they founded are affiliated with the Church of Scientology, writes the LA Times in an opinion piece, but who cares if L. Ron Hubbard himself is teaching Scientology 101? The school, set to open in September amid rumors that... More »

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Scientology • Los Angeles • L. Ron Hubbard • Will Smith • private schools

In Spain, Parents Divorce to Get Kids Into Top Schools

Points system leads to bogus split-ups

Mar 19, 08 3:56 PM CDT
(Newser) - Spanish couples will do anything to get their kids into top schools—including break up, the Guardian reports. Thanks to a point-based admissions system that favors children of single parents, Spain has seen a staggering spike in divorces, suspiciously filed just ahead of the upcoming application deadline. Judges think... More »

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education • divorce • Spain • school • private schools

Prep Schools' Endowments Skyrocket

Institutions aim to fund needy students, top-notch facilities 

Jan 26, 08 1:15 PM CST
(Newser) - Endowments at the nation’s elite prep schools have exploded over the past decade, mirroring the trend at top colleges, reports the New York Times. America’s older schools have fared best: the endowment of Phillips Exeter Academy in NH has broken $1 billion, double its amount in 2002, while... More »

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wealth • financial aid • private schools • endowment • prep schools • Philips Exeter

Best Places to Educate Children

Dec 20, 07 5:31 PM CST
(Newser) - Wondering where’s the best place to educate your children? Compiling scores from various criteria--strength of the public school system, options for private schools, library popularity, the abundance of higher-learning institutions—Forbes magazine made a list of the best educational environments. Here’s the top ten:
  1. Washington, DC-Arlington, VA
... More »

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education • children • list • libraries • public schools • school systems • private schools

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