#privateschools — Public Fediverse posts

Privately educated CEOs seen as ‘safer bet’ by investors, study finds https://www.theguardian.com/education/2026/may/14/privately-educated-ceos-safer-bet-investors-class-bias-study #PrivateSchools #Education #Schools #Business #Ftse #FinancialSector #StockMarkets #SecondarySchools #Sociology #SocialMobility #Inequality #Society #UkNews #UsNews #WorldNews #ClassIssues

Privately educated CEOs seen as ‘safer bet’ by investors, study finds https://www.theguardian.com/education/2026/may/14/privately-educated-ceos-safer-bet-investors-class-bias-study #PrivateSchools #Education #Schools #Business #Ftse #FinancialSector #StockMarkets #SecondarySchools #Sociology #SocialMobility #Inequality #Society #UkNews #UsNews #WorldNews #ClassIssues

Privately educated CEOs seen as ‘safer bet’ by investors, study finds https://www.theguardian.com/education/2026/may/14/privately-educated-ceos-safer-bet-investors-class-bias-study #PrivateSchools #Education #Schools #Business #Ftse #FinancialSector #StockMarkets #SecondarySchools #Sociology #SocialMobility #Inequality #Society #UkNews #UsNews #WorldNews #ClassIssues

Privately educated CEOs seen as ‘safer bet’ by investors, study finds https://www.theguardian.com/education/2026/may/14/privately-educated-ceos-safer-bet-investors-class-bias-study #PrivateSchools #Education #Schools #Business #Ftse #FinancialSector #StockMarkets #SecondarySchools #Sociology #SocialMobility #Inequality #Society #UkNews #UsNews #WorldNews #ClassIssues

“…James Hook’s last will, which was forwarded to his aunt by a land-shark of Rio. By this James left everything to Eton. But the Governors, it appears, had scruples—even about the hat—and so all passed to his aunt Emily…”

—JM Barrie’s “Captain Hook at Eton” – being the text of an address delivered at Eton College in 1927 – can be read online via WikiSource

4.5/10

https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Captain_Hook_at_Eton

#Scottish #literature #JMBarrie #kidlit #ChildrensLiterature #PeterPan #EtonCollege #privateschools

“James Hook, the pirate captain, was a great Etonian, but not a good one…”

—Brian Till in The Atlantic explores “The Secret History of Captain Hook”

🖼️ Alice B. Woodward (1862–1951), “Right into the jaws of the crocodile”

4/10

https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2010/12/the-secret-history-of-captain-hook/68313/

#Scottish #literature #JMBarrie #kidlit #ChildrensLiterature #PeterPan #EtonCollege #privateschools

HSBC ‘reviewing’ private school perk for bankers in Hong Kong https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/apr/27/hsbc-reviewing-private-school-perk-for-bankers-in-hong-kong #Hsbc #Banking #Business #PrivateSchools #Education #CorporateGovernance #HongKong #AsiaPacific #WorldNews

Phillipson accuses lawyers of exploiting parents of children with special needs https://www.theguardian.com/education/2026/mar/13/bridget-phillipson-accuses-lawyers-exploiting-parents-children-special-needs-send #SpecialEducationalNeeds #Schools #SchoolFunding #BridgetPhillipson #PrivateSchools #Politics #Education #England #UkNews #Law

Appeal court rejects latest challenge to adding VAT to UK private school fees https://www.theguardian.com/education/2026/feb/27/appeal-court-rejects-challenge-vat-uk-private-school-fees #PrivateSchools #TaxAndSpending #FaithSchools #CourtOfAppeal #HumanRights #Schools #Education #UkNews #Politics

‘Immoral’: Cambridge college urged to drop private school recruitment drive https://www.theguardian.com/education/2026/jan/08/university-of-cambridge-trinity-hall-recruitment-private-schools #UniversityOfCambridge #OxbridgeAndElitism #PrivateSchools #Admissions #SocialMobility #AccessToUniversity #Students #HigherEducation #Universities #HigherEducationPolicy #Schools #Society #Education #UkNews

Rise of international schooling in Türkiye https://www.byteseu.com/1648988/ #EDUCATION #FOREIGNLANGUAGE #InternationalSchools #PrivateSchools #Turkey

An investigation by ProPublica and The Texas Tribune found more than 60 instances of nepotism, self-dealing and conflicts of interest among 27 private schools that likely would have violated state laws had the schools been public.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/education/2025/08/13/528554/texas-private-schools-hire-relatives-and-enrich-insiders-soon-they-can-do-it-with-taxpayer-money/

#Education #EducationNews #Houston #Local #News #Texas #PrivateSchoolVouchers #PrivateSchools #ProPublica #TexasSchoolVouchers #TexasSchools #TexasTribune

In an #Unprecedented #Move, #Ohio Is #Unconstitutionally #Funding the #Construction of #Private #Religious #Schools.

The state is giving #taxpayer #money to #privateschools to #renovate and #expand their #campuses. It may be the next frontier in the push to increase the use of #schoolvouchers, proponents say.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Religion #Hategroups #RepublicanParty #ThePartyOfHate #EmptyThePews

https://www.propublica.org/article/ohio-taxpayer-money-funding-private-religious-schools

#Project2025’s #Plan to #Eliminate #PublicSchools Has Already begun.

#Goals include #elimination of the #DepartmentofEducation, #federal #education #funding,#civilrights #protections for #students, and sending #publicmoney to #forprofit #privateschools.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Education #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Hategroups #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate

https://time.com/7001264/project-2025-public-school-closure/

Overseas schools given ‘British’ accreditation despite anti-equality curriculum | Private schools | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/education/article/2024/may/26/overseas-schools-given-british-accreditation-despite-anti-equality-curriculum

#OverseasSchools
#BritishSchoolsOverseas
#PrivateSchools
#AntiEquality
#Homophobia
#BSO
#DFE
#EqualityAct2010
#AssociationOfBritishSchoolsOverseas
#UAE
#BrightonCollege
#Harrow
#Thailand
#Transphobia
#Gibb
#CouncilOfBritishInternationalSchools
#Agnew
#CranleighUK

Private schools wanting to opt out of GCSEs ‘unable to produce the results’ | GCSEs | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2023/sep/14/private-schools-wanting-to-opt-out-of-gsces-unable-to-produce-the-results

#PrivateSchools
#GCSEs
#GCSEResults
#iGCSE
#CoreSkills
#RoteLearning
#Benchmarks

Private schools wanting to opt out of GCSEs ‘unable to produce the results’ | GCSEs | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2023/sep/14/private-schools-wanting-to-opt-out-of-gsces-unable-to-produce-the-results

#PrivateSchools
#GCSEs
#GCSEResults
#iGCSE
#CoreSkills
#RoteLearning
#Benchmarks

Private schools wanting to opt out of GCSEs ‘unable to produce the results’ | GCSEs | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2023/sep/14/private-schools-wanting-to-opt-out-of-gsces-unable-to-produce-the-results

#PrivateSchools
#GCSEs
#GCSEResults
#iGCSE
#CoreSkills
#RoteLearning
#Benchmarks

Private schools wanting to opt out of GCSEs ‘unable to produce the results’ | GCSEs | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2023/sep/14/private-schools-wanting-to-opt-out-of-gsces-unable-to-produce-the-results

#PrivateSchools
#GCSEs
#GCSEResults
#iGCSE
#CoreSkills
#RoteLearning
#Benchmarks

Betsy DeVos put millions behind candidates with a goal: Public money for private schools - NBC News

https://apple.news/A3bVS74MrQWmjVLGPnFE_VQ.

#education #taxtherich #betsydevos #privateschools #publicmoney #richwantyourmoney #education #publiceducation #oligarchy #RulingClasses

The ending of the #taxbreak for #privateschools is sooo overdue!! I remember this being seen as an issue back to elections in the 80's. It was only really under #TonyBlair that @UKLabour went soft on the issue. There is NO justification for VAT not to be levied on #schoolfees.