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Selective school in Germany.A selective school is a school that admits students on the basis of some sort of selection criteria, usually academic. The term may have different connotations in different systems and is the opposite of a comprehensive school, which accepts all students, regardless of aptitude.
Unlike public school systems, private schools have no legal obligation to accept any interested student. Admission to some private schools is often highly selective. An August 17, 2000 article by the Chicago Sun-Times refers to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago Office of Catholic Schools as the largest private school system in the ...
The Groton School, t he No. 5 most elite boarding school, is tied with The Thacher School as the most selective, each with an acceptance rate of 12%. View the slideshow for the 16 most selective ...
HBCUs and other minority-serving institutions will be even more important to students of color should the Supreme Court end affirmative action in college admissions.
The High School of American Studies at Lehman College is located on the Lehman College campus, in the Bedford Park section of the Bronx. Unlike the rest of the specialized high schools, American Studies curriculum emphasizes U.S. History, offering three years (as opposed to only one) of AP-level U.S. History.
Racial segregation in schools existed throughout most of American history and remains an issue in contemporary education. During the Civil Rights Movement school integration became a priority, but since then de facto segregation has again become prevalent. [1] School segregation declined rapidly during the late 1960s and early 1970s. [2]
“We’re not funding schools, we’re not funding religious schools, private schools, we’re not funding any schools with ESAs,” he said. “What we’re funding is the students and families.
Unequal access to education in the United States results in unequal outcomes for students. Disparities in academic access among students in the United States are the result of multiple factors including government policies, school choice, family wealth, parenting style, implicit bias towards students' race or ethnicity, and the resources available to students and their schools.